Obecność romantyzmu: co i jak czyta Danny Smiřický?
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2011
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Wydawnictwo Rys (nr 1)
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The presence of Romanticism: what and how does Danny Smiřický read?
Abstract
The main purpose of the article is to identify and recognize ways of reinterpretating
romantic heritage throughout a wide historical and literary context.
The thesis concentrates on a novel written by Josef Škvorecký, entitled Příběh
inženýra lidských duší , which deals with the themes of the history of emigration,
totalitarianism and literature, which can be helpful in elucidating unexplained
experiences. It is necessary to consider dependent relationships and connections
between history and older literature. The main character of Škvoreský’s
story, Danny Smiřický, is a Czech emigrant working as a lecturer at a Canadian
university. The experience of reading proves to him just how universal and significant
literature can be. The literary works of Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel
Hawthorne become the way of “translating” Czech experience with communism
for Canadian students. An hour of literature range into an hour of history.
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Romanticism, History, Literature, Reinterpretation, Reading, Emigration, Danny Smiřický
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Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne, 2011, nr 1, s.145–159