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„Národní povaha Slováků“ od Mikuláša Dohnányho
“The National Character of Slovaks” from Nicholas Dohnány

Author(s): Rastislav Molda
Subject(s): History
Published by: VERBUM - vydavateľstvo Katolíckej univerzity v Ružomberku
Keywords: National Character; Stereotypes; Mikuláš Dohnány; Štúr’s Generation

Summary/Abstract: The manuscript The National Character of Slovaks written by Nicholas Dohnány (1824 – 1851) described the opinion of many members of the Štúr‘ s generation on the slovak national character. Dohnány accepted the traditional stereotypes about Slovaks (e.g. kind-hearted, hardworking, religious nation...) and also about Hungarians and Germans in the manuscript. The characteristics which he attributed to this nations were ambivalent to those of Slovak people. Dohnány described the picture which Slovaks had created about other nations, which they lived with in the common monarchy.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 279-285
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Slovak