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ključno – pisatelja, je (še vedno) najti v sodobnih communist materialist interpretive paradigm,
slovenskih učbenikih za pouk slovenske književ- which usually reduced the Reformation to a
nosti, pa kajpak tudi pretežno v vseh pomemb- class struggle born of early modern property re-
nejših historiografskih delih o zadevnem vpraša- lations, and in the case of the Slovenian Refor-
nju do opusa teologa, cerkvenega in literarnega mation solely to the emergence of the Slovenian
zgodovinarja Jožeta Rajhmana. literary language, literature and book produc-
tion. This construct turned a historical result –
Čornej books in Slovenian as tools for the salvation of
Čornejev Žižka je v prvi vrsti historiografsko iz- the common Slovene’s soul – into the historical
jemno natančno izbrušena znanstvena biografi- cause of the activities of 16 -century Slovenian
th
ja: samo razlagalne opombe ter seznam virov in men of faith. Trubar, a professional clergyman of
literature »tehtajo« nič manj kot 146 strani, ki first the Roman, then the Lutheran Church, was
so stavljene v tipografiji velikosti 8 (odzadnje raz- shown as commiting his whole being to one aim: 167
lagalne opombe) oz. 9 pik (seznam virov in lite- becoming a writer.
rature). Avtor ob tem pojasnjuje, da je posamez- A purely cultural identification and identi-
ne epizode iz življenja znamenitega vojskovodje, ty, lacking transcendental thought, gave rise to a
ki bi mogle historiografski narativ obremeniti notable sociological and cultural phenomenon:
s pripovedno zastranitvijo, ter obsežno dodat- a totally secular, non-spiritual, sometimes open-
no dokumentacijsko in argumentativno tvari- ly anti-religious Slovenian Protestantism of the
no izpustil iz objave v svojem magistralnem delu late 20th century and beyond. To put it another
(Čornej 2019, 658). way: Not the Lutherans, but rather the ‘Protes-
Narativ je strukturiran v osem obsežnih po- tants’ ... albeit bereft of faith.
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glavij. Izpisan je linearno in izhaja iz avtorjeve- So, Trubar was recorded into Slovenian na-
ga razumevanja znanstvene biografije kot tudi tional history in the second part of the 20 cen-
th
literarnega besedila, ki ga ne določata le znan- tury mostly as the first Slovenian writer, with
stveni spoznavni proces in njegova ubeseditev, all the qualities of that role, instead of as – first
temveč ga definirajo tudi proporci, jasna kom- and foremost – a uniquely creative, early mod-
pozicija in primerna stilistična intenziteta, »da ern age individual expression of spirituality ar-
se lahko bere« (Čornej 2019, 658). Avtor bral- ticulated in the Slovenian language, a man of Niti črno niti belo, temveč barvito! • Not Black or White, but Vibrantly Coloured!
ca vodi od Žižkovega rojstva do smrti. Miselno strong Christian faith as an existential need,
popotovanje popelje od etimologije imena Žiž- and a figure of European intellectual standing.
ka preko upodobitve bivališča neimovitega po- As a pastor whose salvation of his soul and his
deželskega plemiča v gozdnati pokrajini blizu compatriots’ was, per the era’s general and per-
Češkega Krumlova do prikaza težkega življe- sonal ideology, such a vital existential impera-
nja drobnih plemenitašev Žižkove dobe, ki niso tive, he started translating and writing in addi-
imeli tolikšne zemljiške posesti, da bi iz nje preje- tion to his usual pastoral responsibilities. This
mali dovolj prejemkov, da bi lahko živeli od njih, Trubar – mostly a writer, sometimes exclusive-
niti toliko, da bi jo obdelali in spodobno živeli ly so – persists in modern Slovenian textbooks
»od pluga«, pa so se zato udinjali kot roparski for literature education and, naturally, in most
vitezi v plenilskih druščinah, ki so se lotevale significant historiographical works on the topic,
napadov na trge in mesta. Eden o njih je bil tudi up to the output of theologian, ecclesiastical, and
Žižka, prof. Čornej pa bralca povede od proskri- literary historian Jože Rajhman.

13 1: Mladost in zorenje; 2: Praga – Češka – Evropa; 3: Čornej
Rojstvo vojskovodje; 4: Tábor in prva križarska vojna; 5: Above all, Čornej’s Žižka is a historiographical-
Žižka pred vrati; 6: Jobova noč; 7: Češki vzhod; 8: Podoba
v senci. ly precise academic biography; the bibliography