A Narrative Commentary by Václav Beneš Třebízský: Cover Image

Vypravěčský komentář u Václava Beneše Třebízského.
A Narrative Commentary by Václav Beneš Třebízský:

Probing Authorial Strategies in Czech Literature of the Late 19th Century

Author(s): Pavel Šidák
Subject(s): Czech Literature
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze - Filozofická fakulta, Vydavatelství
Keywords: Vypravěčský komentář; česká literatura 19. století; Václav Beneš Třebízský; naratologie / narrative commentary; 19th century Czech literature; Václav Beneš Třebízský; narratology

Summary/Abstract: This study deals with the form and function of narrative commentary in Czech prose works of the period 1830–1880, with a focus on V. B. Třebízský’s novel Wandering Souls, in which the commentary material is particularly rich and diverse. What this analysis makes possible, first, is a number of interpretative insights into Třebízský’s work and a mapping of some of his most common narrative figures. Second, it allows us to generalize the form and function of narrative commentary in the broader literary period under consideration, for which Wandering Souls provides a workable synecdoche.

  • Issue Year: 17/2020
  • Issue No: 33
  • Page Range: 17-38
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Czech