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Introduction to Twentieth-Century Czech Fiction - Comedies of Defiance (Hardcover)
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Introduction to Twentieth-Century Czech Fiction - Comedies of Defiance (Hardcover)
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This is an appraisal of some of the best Czech fiction of the 20th
century. After a brief introduction - which sets out some of the
chief features of Czech literature, notably its preoccupations with
lyricism, civic-mindedness, and comedy - there are chapters on
Hasek, Hrabal, Skorecky, Pavel, Klima and a final chapter on
Hodrova, Viewegh and Topol. The book spans the entire century, from
the newly created Czechoslovakia after 1918, through the years of
Nazi occupation and Communist rule, the Prague Spring and finally
on to the Velvet Revolution of 1989.;This text provides an overview
of the genre as well as offering close readings and original
interpretations. The Czech originals of quotations are supplied.
Points of comparison are made with English and Russian literature,
and the case is made that Czech fiction is frequently able to
overcome the parochialism which one might associate with a small
nation and an inconvienient language.
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