The image of the Roma in Bohumil Hrabal's prose Cover Image

Wizerunek Romów w prozie Bohumila Hrabala
The image of the Roma in Bohumil Hrabal's prose

Author(s): Przemysław Znojek
Subject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Bohumil Hrabal;Romanies;literature;Czech prose of the 20th century;history

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to show the stereotypical perception of the Romany minority inhabiting Prague the capital of Czechoslovakia in the 1960s and 1970s. Hrabal presented the image of Romany on the cards. The most visible in Romanca’s works (in the 1964 Pábitelé collection) and Too Loud a Solitude (Příliš hlučná samota from 1976). As part of the implementation of the paper, a detailed analysis of literary material will be carried out, as well as cultural and historical reflection. My idea is to try to present the fate of the Romany community, which was close to the Czech writer.

  • Issue Year: XX/2020
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 409-424
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish