Slovenska poezija v gimnazijah

In this paper, I address the question of how to reform the curriculum for grammar schools, namely in the segment devoted to Slovenian poetry after the Second World War. I begin by setting out the starting points for my reflections, noting the importance of interpretation, outlining the place of poetry in schools and the wider public, and briefly outlining some of the main criticisms of the existing school canon. In the main part of the paper, I deal with a modified proposal for a list of required works on which I have included 10 female poets and 15 male poets. I have moved two authors to the list of free choice works (Lojze Krakar, Aleš Šteger), and added two more (Franci Zagoričnik, Jure Detela). To make the total number of poems roughly the same as before, I propose reducing the number of poems for some authors; for Šalamun, I also suggest replacing one of his poems. The biggest novelty is the last set, which includes authors born in the 1970s and 1980s: Veronika Dintinjana, Anja Golob, Katja Gorečan, and Nina Dragičević; I have also added Ada Škerl, Saša Vegri and Barbara Korun to the list in the relevant periods.