Kapitoly z dejín umeleckého prednesu na Slovensku I.
Chapters from History of Artistic Elocution in Slovakia I.

Summary/Abstract: First chapters of the history of the artistic elocution in Slovakia have started by living, and by activities of Celts, Romes and Slavonians. The author, being a very experienced recitor herself, after graduating from the university, has started putting her interest in the issue of the artistic elocution also from the theoretical side, by analysing the historic materials, places of springs in Slovakia unknown so far, or unresearched from this aspect, and she has found elements and forms of lecturing, and artistic elocution in these nations. She has been trying to find the sense and place of a publicly recited, or declared word in their spiritual, sociable and cultural life; she has been trying to characterise first forms of these, sometimes almost artistic manifestations. The study begins by the characteristics of three main types of the recitors – a sapient recitor, then she continues by the reconstruction of Celts lives on the grounds of an already existing literature on this ethnics in Europe, and by searching with regard to a connection to our territory. In the interpretation of the Roman period in the territory of Slovakia, the author is applying also results of the latest archeological researches carried out in our country, but makes use also of the old Roman literature touching upon the issue of the public elocution. The elaboration of the eldest Slavonian period before forming the civil formation is based on works of the Czech scientist L.. Niederle, on historical records and folklore material. Next part is published in the following issue.

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