Underground in the Czech literature of the 1950s
Underground in the Czech literature of the 1950s
Author(s): Petr PosledníSubject(s): Cultural history, Museology & Heritage Studies, Other, Studies of Literature, Communication studies
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Underground; terminological problems; unofficial circulation; Edition Midnight; surrealism; ground for reform
Summary/Abstract: In numerous collected source materials from the 1950s, it is necessary to distinguish texts created in the works of authors persecuted by the communist regime e.g. Catholic writers and those related to popular movement, from the authors deliberately abandoning official circu¬lation e.g. supporters of the concept of total realism, embarrassing poetry and collage of various literary genres. Activities of the opposition in the second half of the 1950s resulted in the first attempts of culture liberalization. At that time literature has influenced film and theater opening up the way to the Prague Spring in the late 1960s.
Journal: Z Badań nad Książką i Księgozbiorami Historycznymi
- Issue Year: 14/2020
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 135-144
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English