Rysy historického románu v díle Draga Jančara
Features of the historical novel in the work of Drago Jančar

Author(s): Iveta Bůžková
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Novel, Slovenian Literature
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Drago Jančar; historical novel; Galiot; Katarina; the Peacock; and the Jesuit;
Summary/Abstract: The paper is devoted to the topic of the historical novel in Drago Jančarʼs novels which enjoys great popularity in Slovenian literature. Although Jančar can not be described as a typical author of historical novels there appear some features of this genre in his novels. Specifically, it could be seen primarily in his novels Galiot (Galjot) and Katarina, the Peacock, and the Jesuit (Katarina, pav in jezuit) in which the author, on the background of real as well as fictitious historical events, deals with the issue of an effect of an inevitable historical development on a fate of individuals, with the question of human freedom and of a conflict between the individual and society.

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