Karola Čapka zabawa w „kryminałki”. (O genezie i budowie Opowieści z różnych kieszeni)
Karel Čapek’s Playing with Criminal Stories (On the Origins and Structure of Stories from a Pocket and Stories from Another Pocket)

Summary/Abstract: The author attempts to define the genological structure of Stories from a Pocket andStories from Another Pocket by Karel Čapek. The analysis of titles and content of storiesleads to the conclusion that in search of a way to disseminate culture, to create popularliterature, however with high artistic values, by applying his own invention the Czech authorwent far beyond mere replication of detective and criminal novel patterns commonly used inEuro-Atlantic culture. His ingenuity in the “genre instrumentation” of these short detectiveand criminal stories was remarkable and produced great results.

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