Traženje petlje. O književnom stvaralaštvu Danijele Hodrove
Finding a Loop. On Daniela Hodrová’s literary work

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents a contribution to the study about Czech literature after 1989 in order to pay a tribute to 30 years of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Many Czech writers who wrote even before 1989, have now been able to present their work to readers for the first time after the Velvet revolution. This has also been the case with Daniela Hodrová, author of specific poetics and narrative patterns, whose work has enriched Czech literature with a unique approach in recording subjective and personal experiences and collective memories of Czech people. “Finding a loop” should point out the interrupted development of Czech literature due to limited possibilities because of insisting on patterns of Social realism in literature (viewed from a general development of 20th century Czech literature), but at the same time it should bring out Daniela Hodrová’s specifically established narrative model which she personally relates to a female principle and the archetype of weaving. “Finding a loop” in Hodrova’s poetics refers to studying the history of Prague, collective national memory, subjective reflections on her personal experiences, and defining the historical process that had a great impact on shaping the literary contents. Finally, from the narrative point of view, “finding a loop” in Hodrova’s novels refers to a fragmented literary expression and too long sentences she uses in order to define the incomprehensible nature of life and death.

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