Obraz souseda: diskurzivní analýza českých a polských literárněvzdělávacích textů
The image of the neighbour: a discursive analysis of Czech and Polish literary and educational texts

Author(s): Michaela Nakládalová
Subject(s): History, Education, Cultural history, School education, Theory of Literature, Pedagogy
Published by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Keywords: textbook; culture; literature; Czech Republic; Poland; school; teaching; comparison
Summary/Abstract: The theme of the image of the neighbour is understood in the present work as the image of Poland and Polish culture in Czech textbooks serving literary education from the beginning of schooling to the final school leaving exam and the image of the Czech Republic in Polish textbooks. Over 300 textbooks were analysed for the purposes of the thesis. The image of the neighbour can be divided into primary and secondary. The primery one concentrate on the headings Czech, Czech Republic and the Czech authors. The image of the Czech Republic and Czech culture in Polish textbooks is represented in particular by the work Švejk, then Václav Havel and his work The Power of the Powerless, Milan Kundera and Bohumil Hrabal - especially Ostře sledované vlaky. The only other artist of Czech nationality who is mentioned on a regular basis is Alfons Mucha, but often without information that he is Czech. The image of Poland and Polish culture in Czech literature textbooks is presented by Tuwim's and Brzechwa's verses at the first level, but usually without further information about the author. In later grades, pupils are introduced to Henryk Siekiewicz and Adam Mickiewicz, and the most prominent representation of Polish authors is in textbooks for secondary schools, although these are often very brief mentions. The secondary image is focused on the context and common historical experiences. There is not much room in textbooks for looking back at how a neighbouring country experienced a given phase, the biggest being on the subject of communism.

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