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This thematic block of articles was written at the Institute of Slovenian Literature and Literary Studies (Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts) and the Institute for Literature (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) as part of the joint research project “Image and Text as a Means of Cross-Cultural Transfer” (2020–2022). Financial support from ZRC SAZU and BAS is gratefully acknowledged. The thematic block of articles is edited by Alenka Koron and Kalina Zahova.

This article examines an early stage of collaboration between image and text – in the creative process in literature and humanities. Based on the work of several writers and one philosopher, four types of relation are distinguished, which show the different role of the image toward the text in the writing process: from a preparation tool, through an aid, to an essential function in the creation of the text.