Images of foreign and other in Majcen\u27s prose and dramatics

V magistrskem delu sem se ukvarjala z iskanjem podob tujega in drugega v Majcnovi prozi in dramatiki na podlagi literature o imagologiji, Majcnovem življenju, delu in njegovem mestu v slovenski književnosti. Majcen je ustvarjal v vseh treh književnih zvrsteh, znotraj teh pa se je dotaknil ekpresionizma, nove romantike, dekadenčnih tem. Predvsem so ga privlačili nenavadni človeški liki, nemoč njegovih središčnih oseb, razmerja v družbi in vprašanja, na katera ni imel dokončnega odgovora. Zanimale so ga usode žensk, odnos med spoloma, je pa pri tem večkrat upodabljal ženske like, saj je zanje menil, da so zmožnejše poglobljenejšega doživljanja, kljubovanja in da imajo večjo moralno čistost ter občutljivost za druge. Vse to je bila podlaga za raziskovanje podob tujega in drugega, se pa pri Majcnu slednje pojavljajo pogosteje. Najpogosteje se v Majcnovih delih pojavlja lik ženske, odmaknil se je od tipične podobe ženske, ženske so tudi tiste, ki težje sprejemajo spremembe in drugačne od sebe. Majcen piše o temnopoltih (predvsem ženskah), ki jih prebivalci sprejemajo z zanimanjem, radovednostjo, vendar tudi agresivnostjo. Pogostejši je še lik begunca, ki ga prav tako premožnejši ne razumejo, mu pomagajo le iz koristi in dobrega počutja. Tujina v Majcnovih delih pogosto služi za oris svetovljanskih prostorov, drugačnih od domačega.In this thesis, I focused on finding the images of the foreign and the other in Majcen\u27s prose and dramatics on the basis of literature about imagology, Majcen\u27s life, his works and his position in Slovene literature. Majcen was active in all three literary genres, within which he touched upon Expressionism, new Romanticism, decadent topics. He was mostly attracted to unusual human characters, powerlessness of his main characters, relations in society, and questions for which he had no final answer. He was interested in the fate of women, gender relationship, but he often depicted female characters because he thought they were the ones more capable of a deeper experience, defiance, and had greater moral purity and sensitivity to others. All of this was a basis for the research of the images of the foreign and the other, though the latter appears in Majcen’s works more often. The most frequent appearance in Majcen’s works is a female characterhe distanced himself from a typical image of a woman, women are also those who find it difficult to accept changes and anyone different from themselves. Majcen writes about black people (mostly women), who are accepted by residents with interest, curiosity, but also aggressiveness. One of the more frequent characters is also a refugee, who is not understood by wealthier people, they help him only for their own benefit and well-being. In Majcen’s work a foreign country often serves as an outline for cosmopolitan areas, different from the domestic one