Literární adaptace pověstí o hastrmanovi z českého Slezska
Literary adaptations of the legends about hastrman from Czech Silesia

Summary/Abstract: This study will focus on selected literary adaptations of folk tales. The starting point where the authors of the adaptations come from, or whose verbal tradition they draw from, is the area of the so-called Upper Silesia, respectively its Czech part. At the center of our interest are superstition legends with a Hastrman theme (ie the figure of a waterman appears in them). We strive for a complete overview of those authors who have devoted themselves to the adaptation of this type of legend, and we take into account the fact whether their adaptations are suitable for children's readers. We are specifically interested in the authors František Jura, Jan Petrus, Helena Salichová, Karel Dvořáček, František Lazecký and finally Anna Malchárková. We subject the above-mentioned adaptations to analysis and try to point out the similarities, but also the differences between them, using a comparative method. Our goal is to offer an overview, if possible, of all literary adaptations of the legend of the Hastrman from the area of Czech Silesia.

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