Czech Literary Culture in Times of Transformation: Crime Fiction Between Late Socialism and Global Capitalism
Public support
Provider
Czech Science Foundation
Programme
Standard projects
Call for proposals
SGA0202600001
Main participants
Ústav pro českou literaturu AV ČR, v. v. i.
Contest type
VS - Public tender
Contract ID
26-23365S
Alternative language
Project name in Czech
Czech Literary Culture in Times of Transformation: Crime Fiction Between Late Socialism and Global Capitalism
Annotation in Czech
The project explores Czech literary culture in times of socioeconomic transformation through detective fiction of the era spanning from the late normalization period of the 1980s to the consolidation of the new literary field in the 2000s. It claims that, compared to the so-called highbrow literature, popular literature did not undergo such significant changes, challenging the established periodization of Czech literary historiography. The project is inspired by the “long change” concept focusing on gradual, long-term transformations, and applies it to detective fiction. It tracks these changes on three levels: A. themes: the changes of the represented crime and its investigation in relation to the changing societal imaginations, B. poetics: focalization of the narrative, narrator's position and functions, and others, C. literary criticism and reception: the place of the detective genre in the literary field of the period.
Scientific branches
R&D category
ZV - Basic research
OECD FORD - main branch
60204 - General literature studies
OECD FORD - secondary branch
60205 - Literary theory
OECD FORD - another secondary branch
60206 - Specific literatures
CEP - equivalent branches <br>(according to the <a href="http://www.vyzkum.cz/storage/att/E6EF7938F0E854BAE520AC119FB22E8D/Prevodnik_oboru_Frascati.pdf">converter</a>)
AJ - Literature, mass media, audio-visual activities
Solution timeline
Realization period - beginning
Jan 1, 2026
Realization period - end
Dec 31, 2028
Project status
Z - Beginning multi-year project
Latest support payment
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Data delivery to CEP
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data delivery code
CEP26-GA0-GA-R
Data delivery date
May 6, 2026
Finance
Total approved costs
4,603 thou. CZK
Public financial support
4,603 thou. CZK
Other public sources
0 thou. CZK
Non public and foreign sources
0 thou. CZK