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Ideology in the 20th Century: studies of literary and social discourses and practices
In 2013, Simona Semenič wrote the play nineteeneightyone. Although
set in the early nineteen-eighties, it jumps constantly between the years
1981 and 2013. Here, the socialist reality is presented through the eyes of
three potential main characters (seven-year-old Luka; fourteen-year-old
Erik; and twenty-one-year-old Boris). They’re all a part of the socialist
utopia. Luka is becoming a Pioneer:
nada
yes, just a few more hours and we’ll become pioneers
i can’t wait!
luka
110 me neither!
you know, mom took me to the house of culture do you know how beau-
tiful it is there
such a beautiful stage
well, on that stage we’ll recite the pioneers’ oath and then we’ll sing we’re
all young
pioneers
mom explained everything
do you know everything by heart? the oath and the anthem? (Semenič
2017, 45, 46).
Erik and his friend Srečko are bursting with hormones, while Boris is
home on leave from his military service and can’t wait to get a job, which
is still everyone’s right.
boris
i can’t wait to start working
zmago
yes, but you’ve always wanted to drive a truck and now you will
i’ve never wanted to work at the motherfucking lipa
you’ve arranged it all at primorje?
boris
yes, yes, as soon as i get out i start working
can’t wait, really (Semenič 2017, 68).
In 2013, Simona Semenič wrote the play nineteeneightyone. Although
set in the early nineteen-eighties, it jumps constantly between the years
1981 and 2013. Here, the socialist reality is presented through the eyes of
three potential main characters (seven-year-old Luka; fourteen-year-old
Erik; and twenty-one-year-old Boris). They’re all a part of the socialist
utopia. Luka is becoming a Pioneer:
nada
yes, just a few more hours and we’ll become pioneers
i can’t wait!
luka
110 me neither!
you know, mom took me to the house of culture do you know how beau-
tiful it is there
such a beautiful stage
well, on that stage we’ll recite the pioneers’ oath and then we’ll sing we’re
all young
pioneers
mom explained everything
do you know everything by heart? the oath and the anthem? (Semenič
2017, 45, 46).
Erik and his friend Srečko are bursting with hormones, while Boris is
home on leave from his military service and can’t wait to get a job, which
is still everyone’s right.
boris
i can’t wait to start working
zmago
yes, but you’ve always wanted to drive a truck and now you will
i’ve never wanted to work at the motherfucking lipa
you’ve arranged it all at primorje?
boris
yes, yes, as soon as i get out i start working
can’t wait, really (Semenič 2017, 68).
