WRITER – A CONSCIENCE OF THE NATION? A BRIEF REFLECTION ON THE MANIFESTO OF CZECH WRITERS Cover Image

SPISOVATELÉ – SVĚDOMÍ NÁRODA? MALÉ ZAMYŠLENÍ NAD MANIFESTEM ČESKÝCH SPISOVATELŮ
WRITER – A CONSCIENCE OF THE NATION? A BRIEF REFLECTION ON THE MANIFESTO OF CZECH WRITERS

Author(s): Martin Kučera
Subject(s): Military history, Political history, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Národní archiv
Keywords: Writer; Czech writers;

Summary/Abstract: The paper brings a reflection on a role of a writer and intellectual, in general, especially on his attitude to politics, power, ideology, and, last but not least, to war events, based on the example of the Manifesto of Czech writers, published on May 22, 1917, along with a variety of foreign analogies. The author’s theses are documented with actual quotes from works of Czech writers.

  • Issue Year: 27/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 496-505
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Czech