Amateur Literary Forums on the Czech Internet Between democratization and dilettantism Cover Image

Amatérská literární fóra na českém internetu
Amateur Literary Forums on the Czech Internet Between democratization and dilettantism

Author(s): Karel Piorecký
Subject(s): Other, Studies of Literature
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Fakulta sociálních věd
Keywords: internet;Czech Republic;web 2.0;amateur literature;participatory culture;democratization of discourse;czech literature;literary culture;literary community

Summary/Abstract: Since the late 1990s the so-called literary servers on the Czech Internet have played a relatively important role both for the literary communication of emerging and amateur writers and for general image of the interaction of digital and literary culture. The study analyses common structural characteristics of these Internet-based literary forums and the principles of the communication practices as they have emerged in communities arising at the individual forums. The medial characterization of the amateur literature on the Czech internet is presented in relation to the diachronic context of older publication forms designed for the beginning and amateur writers and in relation to the international context of the amateur literature on the Internet.

  • Issue Year: 8/2014
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 127-148
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Czech