On the Literary Depiction of Identity in Post-war Czechoslovakia

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angličtina
Original language name
On the Literary Depiction of Identity in Post-war Czechoslovakia
Original language description
The present paper deals with the question of identity and its formation in post-war Czechoslovakia as depicted in two chosen literary works. It compares a Czech novel Město na hranici by Zdeněk Ptáčník with a German novella Božena by a German author Peter Härtling aiming at main literary characters and their existence in the Czech society immediately after the second world war. Paradoxically, the main protagonist of the Czech novel is a German woman (Käthe) while a Czech woman (Božena) is the central character of the German novella. Both characters differ from the vast majority of the people living in Czechoslovakia. Since Käthe is of German origin and has been active in the anti-fascist movement in the German Reich, and Božena has had a deep affectionfor a German lawyer, her employer. Consequently, Käthe and Božena are both stigmatized and excluded from the society ending up on its fringe. Our paper analyses the reasons for their social exclusion as well as the influence of the socie
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J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
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AB - History
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Publication year
2013
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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