Empatie a symbióza jako nově akcentované hodnoty v současné české literatuře pro děti a mládež
Empathy and symbiosis as newly emphasized values in contemporary Czech literature for children and youth

Summary/Abstract: The study deals with interpretations of works of contemporary Czech literature for children and youth (Markéta Pilátová: Bába Bedla; Olga Stehlíková: Mojenka) in which empathy and symbiosis play an important axiological, formative and emotional function. From the awareness of the belonging of man as an individual and as a species in the context of natural events arises in these works the emphasis on co-responsibility for the preservation of biodiversity and the questioning of educational values traditionally derived from anthropocentric philosophy. At the same time, the depiction of nature as a host system and the depiction of environmental problems caused by human recklessness and ignorance go beyond the usual scientifically conceived natural science or activation framework. It becomes a metaphorical parallel to the life cycle of an individual from birth to death, leading to his self-awareness. The study, combining the procedures of literary analysis with the psychology of the relationship to nature, asks whether a new geneological subtype of so-called „ecoliterature“ is developing within the intentional literature for children and youth, which is not defined by the compositional procedures and means used, but by how it represents theoretical concept of nature, culture and man based on familiarization with the ontic conflict of culture with nature.

• Details
• Contents