Jaroslav Kalfař’s Spaceman of Bohemia as a Translingual Czech-American Novel
Jaroslav Kalfař’s Spaceman of Bohemia as a Translingual Czech-American Novel
Author(s): Charles SabatosSubject(s): Studies of Literature, Comparative Study of Literature, Czech Literature, Migration Studies, Translation Studies, American Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze - Filozofická fakulta, Vydavatelství
Keywords: Jaroslav Kalfař; Czech-American literature; translingual writing; space travel in fiction
Summary/Abstract: This article examines how the Czech-American author Jaroslav Kalfař’s first novel Spaceman of Bo hemia (2016) uses metaphors of space travel and alien life to portray social issues and the linguistic and psychological traumas of immigration and nationalism. The translingual aspect of Kalfař’s text is further explored through a discussion of its translation into Czech.
Journal: Svět literatury
- Issue Year: XXXVI/2026
- Issue No: Special
- Page Range: 89-101
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English
