To the literary field with humor! : the humoristic anthology April and Czech literary criticism since 1861 Cover Image

Na literární pole s humorem! : humoristický almanach April a česká literární kritika po roce 1861
To the literary field with humor! : the humoristic anthology April and Czech literary criticism since 1861

Author(s): Ladislav Futtera
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Czech Literature
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: April anthology; humoristic literature; literary criticism; Jan Neruda

Summary/Abstract: In an example of literary criticism in the humoristic anthology April from 1862 and the following reflection of the anthology itself, the study aims to analyze the Czech-speaking literary field since the restoration of constitutionality, its relations to the field of politics (the axis of arts – politics) and the role of literary criticism at the time before its transformation into an independent field. The anthology, forgotten by all, is perceived as an attempt to attack positions at the literary field occupied by Jan Neruda and his Máj fellows from a peripheral position of the humoristic literature, dominated by a parody form of Neruda's literary-critical journalism. Subsequently, Neruda's reaction demonstrates the techniques and characteristic features of the contemporary literary.

  • Issue Year: 22/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 81-108
  • Page Count: 28
  • Language: Czech