Joseph Roth in Slovenci

The present study is based on primary and secondary literature as well as memoirs.It deals with those works by Austrian writer Joseph Roth that thematize Slovenians.First and foremost, these are the novels Radetzky March (1932) and The Emperor 's Tomb (1938).Slovenians are here central fictional characters, entered the non-Slovenian world literature of class for the first time, through the Great Gate.In support of the more adequate analysis of fictional characters of Slovenians, author also takes into account Roth's feuilletons, published in the German daily Frankfurter Zeitung.Here he reports on South Slavs, their politics and the state, which he calls one of successor states in the Balkans of the decayed Habsburg Empire.The author focuses on Roth's Slovenian fictional characters and their reception by Slovenian readers.By quoting