Realism and Decadence as a “Contagion” in 19th-Century Discourse on Contemporary Literature Cover Image

Realismus a dekadence jako „nákaza“ v dobové řeči o literatuře 19. století
Realism and Decadence as a “Contagion” in 19th-Century Discourse on Contemporary Literature

Author(s): Jana Vrajová
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Czech Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: contagion; the 19th century; Czech literature; literary criticism

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is not to analyze the thematization of diseases (whether specific or general) or contagion expressed in literary form, but to explore the ways in which the discourse of contemporary literary criticism applied imagery associated with disease to descriptions of shifting literary norms in conjunction with changing cultural and social paradigms of the time.

  • Issue Year: 177/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 149-155
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Czech
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