Portrait of a contemporary family and its value changes (About some prose works by contemporary Czech authors) Cover Image

Zobrazení současné rodiny a její hodnotové proměny (nad některými prózami českých autorek)
Portrait of a contemporary family and its value changes (About some prose works by contemporary Czech authors)

Author(s): Aneta Bartoníková
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Czech Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Vydavateľstvo Prešovskej univerzity v Prešove
Keywords: the present;family;social prose;literature for children and youth;Czech authors;

Summary/Abstract: The study is a reflection of selected original works by contemporary Czech authors who have depicted the family in prose for children and youth in the last two decades, as it continues to be an important part of the social space in which a person moves. The prevalence of dysfunctional families unsettles children and is naturally reflected in the current thematic structure of literary narratives and relation to non-literary reality. In the selected stories, the feelings of alienation of parents and children, failure of partnership and family forms, divorced families headed by a woman, the position of children in plural families are captured with the hope that family and parental love does not have to disappear and genuine interest in the other person due to illness or death does not disappear.

  • Issue Year: X/2022
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 87-97
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Czech