Zderzenie codzienności XIX-XXI wieku w powieści >Prsten od vévodkyně< Františka Novotnego
Clash of the reality from the XIX and XXI century in Frantisek Novotny's novel >Prsten of vevodkyne<

Summary/Abstract: The paper entitled ‘Clash of the reality from the XIX and XXI century in Frantisek Novotný's novel Prsten of vévodkyne attempts to show the strategies that the author uses reconstructing distant and recent past. The book is the first part from the series Kroniky karmínových kamenù, which aims to approach Czech history in a different way than it is presented in school textbooks. The author offers the reader two almost parallel stories. The character of this new history is an ex-secret service agent - Zdenìk Milbach, who travels through Czech history using the time machine (which is the portrait of Bozena Nemcová). There is also a story from the past describing the life of his ancestor Mühlbach. He similarly is a police secret agent who is following Nemcová, just like Milbach is following Alena Michálkova. It that way, Novotný proves that despite of the fact that the XIX century is already historical period, it has a lot in common with recent history. In both periods the author stresses the events from the years 1848 and 1989, which, all the same, are milestones in the lives of both characters. This piece of work, that constitutes as hybrid combination of detective story and historical fantasy, is the example of revitalization of the subject of history in contemporary literature.

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