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In this article is presented an analysis of the Czech word „domov“ and its counterparts in German (Heim, Heimat), English (home), and Spanish (hogar). It is inferred that there are two main semantics regarding the concept „domov“ in these four languages – a first one related to a more material and physical conception (domov-místnost) and a second one with more emotional and even philosophical connotations (domov-místo). In a second part, these two kinds of conceptions of „domov“ will be examined in the work of the Prague German-language poet Rilke, and more specifically in Larenopfer.
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The article deals with the late work of Czech poet Vladimír Vokolek who may be considered a deeply religious and philosophical author. Major themes of his late poetry are the human condition in the modern world, the meaning of world’s history, or the poet’s struggle to render reality. These are discussed with respect to philosophical and religious notions or images found in the poems.
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TICHÝ, Martin et al. (2013). Desátá léta v podobách kritiky. V Opavě: Slezská univerzita.
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The study deals with the contribution of the Olomouc professor Eduard Petrů (1928–2006), especially to the research on the work of Petr of Chelčice and his personality (ten basic studies and two editions in total). First, the author presents substantial publications in which E. Petrů dealt with the topic. She concludes that the most frequently cited item is his List of Chelčický‘s Works. Furthermore, she summarizes that the legacy of E. Petrů in Chelčický‘s research is followed in particular by Jaroslav Boubín (1954), who is still the author of six publications connected with Chelčický (2005–2018), in which E. Petrů is also properly cited. In a note, she states that in the line of E. Petrů she translated Chelčický‘s texts into new Czech (together with Jan Rokyta) in the publication The Time and Work of Petr Chelčický (2013). Finally, she concludes that the research legacy of E. Petrů is alive, also thanks to the university textbooks often used (Lehár et al. 1998; Machala et al. 2015).
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The paper is focused on the origin of the Czech Broadside Ballad. The key period for thefirst development of the Czech broadside ballad was late humanism (1590-1620). Theemergence of this phenomenon was largely influenced by leaflet news, which developedconsiderably in the Czech lands in the last decade of the 16th century. In addition to this,the sung news, sensational songs and other song genres began to be printed separatelyin late humanism. Already during this period, these songs had many of the typical featuresof the baroque broadside ballad (simple verse and style, considerable length, the senseof detail, and final moralizing). At the same time, however, they were connected withthe so-called occasional poetry and other phenomena of the bourgeois literary life oflate humanism. In the burgher class, a large group of recipients was being formed at thistime, which can be referred to as the wider public (a social class with certain educationthat was interested in what was happening in society). Nevertheless, it was not until thebaroque period that the broadside ballad became part of mass folk (popular) culture.
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This study sums up the methodology of literary work by Eduard Petrů in the field of earlymodern literature. It reflects his account of “theatrum” as a term, including its use inrespective literature. First, its genesis since antiquity and early Christian beginnings iscovered, together with the term’s semantic scope modification during the Renaissance.Reflecting the spread of analogic thinking, the study traces Petrů’s concept of genre constitutionbased on “theatrical metaphor” which enables the depicted reality to be approacheduniversally, be it the world as a whole or any of its parts. The author of the studyponders on Petrů’s characteristics of moralist texts based on semantics of “theatrummicrocosmi” (i.e. Theatrum mundi minoris by Nathanael Vodňanský of Uračov) and encyclopaedicwritings based on semantics of “theatrum macrocosmi” (i.e. Theatrum divinumby Matouš Konečný, the plan of Theatrum universitatis rerum by Jan Amos Komenský).
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The article contributes to the discussion on the issue of Czech literary humanism. Thediscussion critically comes to terms with the concept of this period in the first volume of„Academic“ History of Czech Literature and with the synthesizing views of Milan Kopecký.One of the fundamental problems is the very definition of humanism. If a narrowedview of humanism based on its philologically-philosophical anchoring and the relation toantiquity is employed, Czech literature has to give up the 1450–1620 period, which wereconsidered humanistic by researchers of the generation of Jaroslav Vlček, Jan Jakubec andArne Novák, and also by the „Academic“ History of Czech literature and was synthesized byMilan Kopecký. Nevertheless, it is still necessary to bear in mind the considerable volumeof unexplored Latin literature of that period. In addition, our evaluation should also takeinto account the fact that, regarding this period, Czech literature has been compared tothe so-called major European literatures – this comparison logically does not support itsvalue. However, even the comparison with „minor“ literature, which did not come to thesame level, has been missing. The study analyses the term National humanism, but also theplace of Viktorin Cornel of Všehrdy into literary history regarding his preface to De reparationelapsi (Knihy o napravení padlého / The Books of Remedying the Fallen). The study alsobriefly recalls the scholarly interest of Eduard Petrů in this period.
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Gregory of Nazianzus valued the educational influence of poetry. He hoped that the recipients of his poetry would be not only delighted, but also educated and convinced by its attractive form. This is the case with the problém of the Holy Trinity as well. A closer study of Gregory’s verses, presenting and introducing the secret of the Holy Trinity, reveals the union of the impersonal view of Gregory the Theologian with the profound personal feeling of Gregory the man. Gregory proposes a clear definition of the mutual reby its attractive form. This is the case with the problem of the Holy Trinity as well. A lation of the three divine persons, their trinity, and presents the immense secret of the Trinity. In relation to man, he argues for the grace and kindness of the Trinity. These verses, primarily written for the common people, the young without any experience, people from Gregory’s environment, very often unbelievers, could be taken for an alternative to the more thoughtful and more sophisticated theological sermons. In these verses, Gregory offers basic truths, while using poetic means and expressions to make them more attractive. It helps him arouse the interest of listeners or readers, and their willingness to perceive is subsequently transformed into a better understanding and memorization of the presented truths.
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The study confronts the concept of the superfluous man, as it appeared in 19th century Russian literature, with the features used in French existentialism. Specifically, we will deal with the analysis of Antoine Roquentin, protagonist of Jean-Paul Sarter’s Nausea (1938).
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The author of the article, analysing the works of Julia Fiedorczuk, described a poetic strategy that can be called “the poetics of resistance”. Its essential determinants emphasise the fragility of human and non-human beings, emphasising the connections between all beings and the tightness of boundaries to regulate any systems (organic and political). Fiedorczuk proves that it is possible to include poetry in a network of activities aimed at opposing violence and suffering caused by terrorism or warfare in times of political crises and wars. According to the article’s author, it is necessary to recognise the revolutionary potential of Fiedorczuk’s poetry. It allows for the recognition of poetry as an effective way of counteracting what is undesirable due to the affective potential of poems and creating situations that the reader may experience. Poetry is, therefore, an exercise of mindfulness and the practice of resistance to phenomena that have consequences for individuals and society. Care is perhaps the most important feeling that causes Fiedorczuk to constantly change his idiom and give special meaning to the community. Writing about her poetry, the author uses Judith Butler’s theory of vulnerability to injury and concepts from nonviolent civil resistance studies.
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The article provides an overview of the second decade of the 21st century in the field of literary translation in Poland – both in terms of the activity (and visibility) of translators, as well as translation scholars. It recalls the most important events, books, texts, polemics; it reviews translation awards and stakes, outlines diagnoses and future directions.
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In this article, I have tried to draw an image of Polish literature in Croatian culture in the period from 2011 to 2021, based on bibliographies and articles on translations in Croatian cultural and literary magazines and on internet portals. The analysis shows that the publishers’ choices aim for commercial titles, but the bibliographies of the most agile translators indicate that the overall image of Polish literature in Croatian translations is dominantly built with the names of canonical titles and authors.
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The article is an analysis of the novel Cygarniczka (Mouthpiece) by Artur Gruszecki, published in 1904. It focuses on the situation of women workers in a cigar factory in Krakow, their submission to the factory regime, which is another embodiment of the patriarchal power over the female body. On the other hand, the article emphasizes the acts and microstrategies of resistance presented in the novel, proving the liberation of women from the patriarchal order. The interpretation takes into account the double emancipatory context at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries – both women and workwomen. The novel presents progressive solutions concerning the working conditions of female workers and is close to emancipated women.
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The text discusses the most important issues raised in the monograph: an explanation of the meaning and role of symbolic theology (and the principle of cognitio symbolica, which is a part of it) in the work of Antoni Węgrzynowicz – an eighteenth-century preacher, a Cracow Franciscan, the author of several hundred sermons in Polish and Latin. What is emphasised is the author’s skill in identifying and describing the allegorisation procedures employed at various levels of the text (from the collection-concept, through individual sermons, to selected examples of argumentation). The reviewed publication is assessed as extremely valuable, both for its rich source material, erudition and analytical skills, as well as for its comprehensive coverage of the work of the preacher.
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The review article concerns the publication by Anna Nosek “Co dać dziecku na gwiazdkę?” Studia nad kulturą czytelniczą i krytyką literatury dla młodych odbiorców w XIX wieku (“What to Give a Child for Christmas?” Studies on Reading Culture and Literary Criticism for Young Readers in the 19th Century). The article indicates that this publication is necessary, concise description of the place and role of the book, made by a researcher who has been analyzing literature for children and adolescents for many years. The author’s insight was appreciated, especially the fragments describing a model of a 19th-century “good book” for children. Critical comments concern, among others, the vagueness of the prase “for young readers” used by the researcher.
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FLORIN BĂNESCU (30.III.1939, Armeniş, jud. Caraş-Severin — 11.VII.2003, Arad) a debutat cu un volum de proză scurtă – Să arunci cu pietre în soare (1974). Debut în presă: proză, („Orizont”, 1968, nr. 10). În prima sa carte se puteau observa câteva caracteristici mai pregnant afirmate ulterior în Anotimp al ninsorilor albastre, Seminţele dimineţii, Ierni peste tei, Tangaj, Calendar pe o sută de ani, Portocale pentru vinovați, Moara de apă, La Trei Ape, Oameni și lupi, biserici și tei, Despre arta burlanieră şi alte povestiri. Anume, monologul rememorativ, înclinaţia spre naraţiunea infuzată de lirism, valenţele povestirii, inflexiuni ale prozei moderne truvabile în montajele epicului, tangarea în memorie, îmbinarea ficţiunii cu documentul.
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