"Vlast" oraz jej modyfikacje, czyli fenomen czeskiej tożsamości narodowej
"Fatherland" and its modifications as a phenomenon of Czech national identity

Author(s): Beata Kuboková
Subject(s): Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: fatherland; national identity; view of the world; worldview; Jan Amos Komenský; Bedřich Smetana
Summary/Abstract: This article discusses the concept of ‘the Fatherland’ in the Czech language across history. The article will also focus on individual relations with the fatherland in the works of J.A. Komenský (Kšaft umírající matky Jednoty bratrské ‘The last will of brotherly unity, our dying mother’), and B. Smetana – composer and music producer of Má vlast (‘My fatherland’). The latter’s numerous commentaries on his works refer to the beauty of the Czech landscape and the old legends. The comments of contemporary journalists and writers will also be taken into account as a reflection of the period’s concept of the fatherland.

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