Czech and Slovak mountains as part of a national myth Cover Image

České a slovenské hory jako součást národního mýtu
Czech and Slovak mountains as part of a national myth

Author(s): Veronika Faktorová
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Social Theory
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: Giant Mountains; Tatras; travelogues; romanticism; nationalization

Summary/Abstract: The study is based on a comparison of Czech travelogues to the Krkonoše (Giant Mountains) and the Tatry (Tatras) from the first half of the 19th century. Although the mountains Krkonoše and Tatry represented different, geographically relatively distant localities, their literary image was identically formed in the context of patriotic romanticism. It helped in particular that the Giant Mountains and the Tatras could be included in the “ownership” of the Czech nation and used in the construction of the Czech national myth.

  • Issue Year: 15/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 175-183
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Czech