Životní hodnoty v prózách pro děti a mládež jiřího Stránského, půl století od jejich vzniku
Life values in prose for children and youth by Jiří Stránský, half a century since their creation

Summary/Abstract: The article examines Jiri Stransky’s work for children and youth from the perspective of the life values that the author emphasizes in his prose. It analyses the texts that Stransky sent to his children in letters from a communist prison. The article follows two lines: on the one hand, there are fairytales for Stransky’s younger daughter Klara (later published in the children’s books Stories for little Klara/Povídačky pro Klárku and Stories for my sun/Povídačky pro moje slunce), and on the otherhand, an adventure story for his older son Martin (a novel for youth Pearl Mussels/Perlorodky). He finds specifics and intersections in life values and moral messages that Stransky conveys to children of two different age groups through stories of a personal tone and follows the development of the value hierarchy over time. The paper also analyses Stransky’s last prose for children, A Rain Stone/O Dešťovém kameni, which was written more than forty years after the first fairy tales. It pays attention to Stransky’s observations on the subject of values in published interviews (Libuše Koubská: If you can make someone happy, you must/Můžeš-li udělat radost, musíš and Jan Lukeš: A Heartfighter/Srdcerváč). Almost half a century after the creation of the first stories dedicated to children,the article raises questions about the current need for Jiri Stransky’s message of values for today’s society.

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