Krst pri Savici in Sedem sinov: razumevanje, doživljanje, vrednotenje

Empirical research of the cognitive response to the verse narrative of Prešeren and Žemlja shows that for second year high school pupils Baptism at the Savica is considerably more demanding than The Seven Sons on all three levels of reading comprehension (literal, interpretive and applied), a fact that we can attribute to the significantly more archaic quality and above all to the metaphorical nature of the language of Prešeren’s poetry. FurthermoreThe Seven Sons is a text that offers high school pupils more scope for emotional identification, whether with individual literary characters or through the rejection of their inappropriate acts. For second year high school pupilsBaptism at the Savica is undoubtedly a much more artistic text than The Seven Sons, but in their opinion Žemlja’s writing surpasses that of Prešeren because the story is more convincing, the literary characters are better illustrated and the events are more current. ThereforeThe Seven Sons could be included in the grammar school curriculum as an additional text.