Exile Through the Eyes of Czech Writers

Political Emigration of 1948 and 1968

Adela Muchova (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

128 Seiten

2008
VDM Verlag Dr. Müller e.K.
978-3-639-01732-8 (ISBN)

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This book seeks to demonstrate how the experience of exile was reflected in the work of 20th century Czech writers. It does so by way of an examination of the respective responses of Jan Drabek and Jaroslav Vejvoda to two historical traumas: the 1948 Communist Coup and the failure of the Prague Spring in 1968. It argues that while both Drabek and Vejvoda employ typical aspects of exilic literature in their work, each of them provides a different reflection on exile according to the distinct social and political condition of his time. By analyses of these responses to historical trauma, this work emphasizes the transition from the external, social, and political approach of Drabek to the internal, private, and strictly non political position of Vejvoda.

Muchova, Adela Adela Muchova teaches courses in humanities at New York University in Prague. She studied comparative literature, history and religious studies at Charles University (Prague, 2003) and Simon Fraser University (Vancouver, 2007).

Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 8 mm
Gewicht	190 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Slavistik
Schlagworte	Drabek, Jan • Emigration • Emigration / Auswanderung • Exilliteratur • Tschechien, Literatur • Vejvoda, Jaroslav
ISBN-10	3-639-01732-3 / 3639017323
ISBN-13	978-3-639-01732-8 / 9783639017328
Zustand	Neuware