The reception of Václav Havel’s plays in exile

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Výsledek na webu

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgemsocial2017/62/S27.079" target="_blank" >10.5593/sgemsocial2017/62/S27.079</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The reception of Václav Havel’s plays in exile

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In my paper, I will focus on the reception of Václav Havel’s plays among Czech literary critics who lived in exile. Among others, it was Igor Hájek who analysed them in his two treatises, in a review of the collection of plays related to the character of Ferdinand Vaněk. Igor Hájek (1931-1995), a Czech exile literary critic, belongs to personalities who have played a significant role in the presentation of Czech literature abroad. He lived in British emigration since 1969 and his name in Czechoslovakia was on the list of forbidden authors. His literary-minded articles published in exile were approaching an English-speaking audience, especially works by Czech inedit authors. The paper deals with the analysis of one-act plays by Václav Havel, whose common denominator is the character of Ferdinand Vaněk, an intellectual in opposition to the regime. Later, this character also appeared in plays by other playwrights who published in samizdat and exile: Pavel Kohout, Pavel Landovský and Jiří Dienstbier. Through the comparison of other Czech exile critics’ perspective (Markéta Goetz-Stankiewicz, Květoslav Chvatík, Petr Steiner), the paper also deals with generalizing interpretations of Havel’s plays, which outline universally valid philosophical questions.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The reception of Václav Havel’s plays in exile

Popis výsledku anglicky

In my paper, I will focus on the reception of Václav Havel’s plays among Czech literary critics who lived in exile. Among others, it was Igor Hájek who analysed them in his two treatises, in a review of the collection of plays related to the character of Ferdinand Vaněk. Igor Hájek (1931-1995), a Czech exile literary critic, belongs to personalities who have played a significant role in the presentation of Czech literature abroad. He lived in British emigration since 1969 and his name in Czechoslovakia was on the list of forbidden authors. His literary-minded articles published in exile were approaching an English-speaking audience, especially works by Czech inedit authors. The paper deals with the analysis of one-act plays by Václav Havel, whose common denominator is the character of Ferdinand Vaněk, an intellectual in opposition to the regime. Later, this character also appeared in plays by other playwrights who published in samizdat and exile: Pavel Kohout, Pavel Landovský and Jiří Dienstbier. Through the comparison of other Czech exile critics’ perspective (Markéta Goetz-Stankiewicz, Květoslav Chvatík, Petr Steiner), the paper also deals with generalizing interpretations of Havel’s plays, which outline universally valid philosophical questions.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60200 - Languages and Literature

Projekt

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Návaznosti

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

4th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts: SGEM 2017 : science &amp; arts : conference proceedings : 24-30 August, 2017, Albena Co., Bulgaria. Volume II

ISBN

978-619-7408-24-9

ISSN

2367-5659

e-ISSN

neuvedeno

Počet stran výsledku

8

Strana od-do

641-648

Název nakladatele

STEF92 Technology Ltd.

Místo vydání

Sofia

Místo konání akce

Albena

Datum konání akce

24. 8. 2017

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

WRD - Celosvětová akce

Kód UT WoS článku

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