Samizdatový bestseller. Český snář Ludvíka Vaculíka a jeho čtenáři
Samizdat bestseller. Ludvík Vaculík’s Český snář (A Czech Dreambook) and its readers

Summary/Abstract: This study examines the specifics of reading samizdat using Ludvík Vaculík’s novel A Czech Dreambook as an example. Following on from contemporary cultural-historicalsamizdat scholars (Ann Komaromi, Josephine von Zitzewitz and Jonathan Bolton),the author analyses various types of sources that testify to the reception of this novel.Another form of methodological inspiration here is the semiotic analysis of the act ofpublishing a work, presented by Miroslav Červenka. The author shows that Vaculíkresponded to samizdat’s limited publication opportunities by situating some of thereaders in the immediate vicinity of the work and even involving these privilegedreaders in the constitution of the meaning of the novel.

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