Literary Stories: Cultural Memory
Literary Stories: Cultural Memory
Author(s): Alexander KratochvilSubject(s): Cultural history, Social history, Short Story, Czech Literature, Fascism, Nazism and WW II, Theory of Literature
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Culture of memory; literary narrative; trauma;
Summary/Abstract: Historical and cultural memory is put into practice through narratives. As a narrative medium, literature plays an important role in the process of transformation of the past events in cultural memory. This transformation includes critical reflection or affirmation of various aspects of memory and its social context. Literary texts in this paper include short stories of Jan Drda, Josef Škvorecký and Zdeněk Rotrekl which deal with the final days of the World War Two.
Journal: Bohemica litteraria
- Issue Year: 16/2013
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 7-19
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English
