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Intertextualita Hrabalova „Kaina“
The Intertextuality of Hrabal’s “Kain”

Author(s): Jiří Pelán
Subject(s): Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze - Filozofická fakulta, Vydavatelství
Keywords: Intertextuality; Bohumil Hrabal; Dante Alighieri; Johann Wolfgang Goethe;Albert Camus;

Summary/Abstract: The present study concentrates on the phenomenon of intertextuality in one of Bohumil Hrabal’s key early works, namely, the “existential” short story entitled Kain. The author examines especially the intertextual resonances between Hrabal’s work, Camus’s The Stranger, Dante’s Vita nuova and Goethe’s Sufferings of Young Werther

  • Issue Year: XXIX/2019
  • Issue No: 59
  • Page Range: 15-21
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Czech