Pěšiny a cesty k ruské literatuře : památce profesora Oldřicha Richterka
Paths and Roads to Russian Literature. In Memory of Professor Oldřich Richterek

Summary/Abstract: The study is dedicated to the memoir of a significant Czech specialist in Russian studies, Professor Oldřich Richterek, called Pěšiny a cesty (Engl. The Paths and Roads, 2015), which is interpreted from the perspective of its specific genre and thematic features, its composition and forms of authorial self-reflection. The aim of the study is to use a comparative method to identify the common and differing traits in relation to selected works by Czech specialists in Russian studies (M. Hrala, F. Kautman, R. Parolek, I. Pospíšil) and, at the same time, to determine the place of Richterekʼs text within the autobiographical writing of the above-mentioned authors, which presents an important but hitherto insufficiently reflected source on the individual professional trajectories that contributed to the formation of Russian studies in connection with the historical events of the 20th and early 21st century. This type of autobiographical literature contributes to the understanding of the authorsʼ professional orientations and maps the development of Russian studies in the Czech environment.

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