J. K. Tyl’s short story From the Life of the Poor (Christmas Eve) Cover Image

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J. K. Tyl’s short story From the Life of the Poor (Christmas Eve)

Author(s): Zuzana Urválková
Subject(s): Short Story, Czech Literature, Marxism
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Josef Kajetán Tyl; From the Life of the Poor (Christmas Eve); social short story and realism; biedermeier; marxist literary criticism; censorship;

Summary/Abstract: The study focuses on the interpretation and also contemporary as well as later literary historical reception of J. K. Tyl’s short story From the Life of the Poor (Christmas Eve). The author of the study questions the marxist intepretations which consider the short story the first social short story with obviously realist aims – the autor disputes that the story is dominated by features of biedermeier, nor by realism.

  • Issue Year: 17/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 45-62
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Czech