Využitie cestopisného žánru pri propagovaní česko-slovenskej vzájomnosti u Rudolfa Pokorného
The Utilisation of a Travelogue in Promoting Czech-Slovak Reciprocity by Rudolf Pokorný

Author(s): Jana Bujnáková
Subject(s): Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Czech Literature, Slovak Literature, 19th Century
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: 19th century; Czech-Slovak reciprocity; Rudolf Pokorný; holiday trips; travelogue;
Summary/Abstract: The author of the study elucidates the travelogue as a genre, imagology, and Czech-Slovak relations. She links these topics towards the end where she explores the spread of Czech-Slovak reciprocity via travelogues. The main emphasis of the research is put on a selected travelogue, Wanderings across Slovakia written by Rudolf Pokorný, that provides a basis for this work. Pokorný analyses the mutual relations behind Czech- -Slovak reciprocity that have been influenced by the historical development and the socio- -political situation in the last third of 19th century. However, it was the language that was a key to the understanding of this relationship. This extensive two-part travelogue contains a considerable number of plausible records, that elucidate and illustrate not only personal contacts and relations among individual representatives of national life, but they also represent a valuable historical material in connection with ethnography and the authentic life of ordinary Slovak people.

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