'Epitaph' by Kateřina Tučková: An Auto/Biographical and Reputation-Political Appreciation

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

'Epitaph' by Kateřina Tučková: An Auto/Biographical and Reputation-Political Appreciation

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This study explains the background of the short story Epitaph (2022) by the Czech writer Kateřina Tučková and situates it within the framework of reputation politics. The story was written as a response to Russia’s brutal aggression against Ukraine in 2022. At that time, Czech Radio invited ten well-known Czech writers to offer personal reflections on this devastating event. Epitaph was inspired by a photograph taken by Evgeniy Maloletka, which captures the futile attempt to save a then unknown pregnant woman after the Russian bombing of the maternity hospital in Mariupol. The study interprets Epitaph as a hybrid form of biographical fiction that combines a documentary impulse with the imagined voice of the victim, highlighting the injustice of the unequal distribution of memory between perpetrators and victims of history. The story gives a voice to a dead woman and helps to commemorate her, while remaining aware of the ethical problems inherent in fictional “speaking for another.” The analysis further situates Epitaph within the broader context of contemporary media culture and the digital economy of attention, interpreting it as a critique of a modern form of damnatio memoriae—the condemnation or erasure of memory—that affects, among others, anonymous victims of war. Through literary empathy and affective proximity, Epitaph resists forgetting and seeks to redress the injustice of historical and political reputation.

Název v anglickém jazyce

'Epitaph' by Kateřina Tučková: An Auto/Biographical and Reputation-Political Appreciation

Popis výsledku anglicky

This study explains the background of the short story Epitaph (2022) by the Czech writer Kateřina Tučková and situates it within the framework of reputation politics. The story was written as a response to Russia’s brutal aggression against Ukraine in 2022. At that time, Czech Radio invited ten well-known Czech writers to offer personal reflections on this devastating event. Epitaph was inspired by a photograph taken by Evgeniy Maloletka, which captures the futile attempt to save a then unknown pregnant woman after the Russian bombing of the maternity hospital in Mariupol. The study interprets Epitaph as a hybrid form of biographical fiction that combines a documentary impulse with the imagined voice of the victim, highlighting the injustice of the unequal distribution of memory between perpetrators and victims of history. The story gives a voice to a dead woman and helps to commemorate her, while remaining aware of the ethical problems inherent in fictional “speaking for another.” The analysis further situates Epitaph within the broader context of contemporary media culture and the digital economy of attention, interpreting it as a critique of a modern form of damnatio memoriae—the condemnation or erasure of memory—that affects, among others, anonymous victims of war. Through literary empathy and affective proximity, Epitaph resists forgetting and seeks to redress the injustice of historical and political reputation.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Auto/Biography and Reputation Politics

ISBN

978-10-3240-944-3

Počet stran výsledku

5

Strana od-do

281-285

Počet stran knihy

298

Název nakladatele

Routledge

Místo vydání

New York

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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