Creation of an ethnic auto- or hetero-image in the 60s of the 19th century based on a short story by Zofie Podlipska "Czechs and Germans" Cover Image

UTVÁŘENÍ ETNICKÉHO AUTO A HETEROOBRAZU V 60. LETECH 19. STOLETÍ (NA PŘÍKLADU POVÍDKY SOFIE PODLIPSKÉ ČEŠKA A NĚMEC)
Creation of an ethnic auto- or hetero-image in the 60s of the 19th century based on a short story by Zofie Podlipska "Czechs and Germans"

Author(s): Jana Vrajová
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Czech Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Opolski
Keywords: Sofie Podlipská; mental images; stereotype; the Czech Literature of the 19th Century; Jan Nepomuk Štěpánek

Summary/Abstract: The study shows on the specific material Czech literature of the 19th century (the short story Češka a Němec by Sofie Podlipská) how the current transformation of literary-historical methodology allows to examine the issue of creation of national stereotypes. The study shows how the author used the existence of historical stereotypes and use them as the text strategy. A deeper understanding of the literary-historical category, literary movement, its detailed analysis, our knowledge in the context of cultural and historical context may help to understand why what was previously alien, is now considered to be ours.

  • Issue Year: 19/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 149-161
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Czech