Non‐intentional, intentional youth prose of Peter Andruška (explorations, reflections, interpretations into five prose of one jubilant) Cover Image

Neintencionálne intencionálna mládežnícka próza Petra Andrušku (sondy, reflexie, interpretácie do piatich próz jedného jubilanta)
Non‐intentional, intentional youth prose of Peter Andruška (explorations, reflections, interpretations into five prose of one jubilant)

Author(s): Patrik Šenkár
Subject(s): Slovak Literature, Western Slavic Languages, Theory of Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Bucureşti
Keywords: interpretation; prose for youth; reader´s reflections; text analyses; Peter Andruška;

Summary/Abstract: In the thematic centre of the study that originates from its title: Non‐intentional, intentional youth prose of Peter Andruška (explorations, reflections, interpretations into five prose of one jubilant) – stands the youth prose of an exclusive Slovak prose writer Peter Andruška. He is considered to be part of the contemporary Slovak literature by readers as well as literature critics. In the text I have not based deliberately on critical responses of titles of individual books by the author, but "only" on basic information of prose mentioned in the academic history of Slovak literature, respectively primary book sources. Cardinal parts of the paper are therefore his own interpretation explorations, reflections and analysis based on personal reading reception. The occasionally exaggerated presence of content component of prose alone (especially the plot) is due to (possible) less knowledge of specific (or every) presented title of books by Peter Andruška from the perspective of the percipients. I emphasise the fact that the field of children and youth literature for Peter Andruška was (and is) “only" a partial part of his own literary works, the substantial part of which is constituted by his works of prose for adult readers. In this area he has published "only" five book titles altogether, which I analyse in this exact paper. The study is the outcome of the first part of the research assignment UGA. No. IX/9/2011‐ (SOFIA Project ode: I‐08‐501‐01) titled Contemporary Slovak Literature and finally it was created (also) for the occasion of the author’s seventieth.

  • Issue Year: L/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 53-78
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Slovak