CIGÁNI V DIELACH K. H. MÁCHY A A. S. PUŠKINA
GYPSIES IN THE WORKS OF K. H. MÁCHA AND A. S. PUŠKIN

Author(s): Tomáš Dunko
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Czech Literature, Russian Literature, 18th Century, 19th Century, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Gipsy; Czech and Russian literature; A. S. Puškin; K. H. Mácha; history;
Summary/Abstract: This paper discusses the discrepancy between the image of a rolling stone Gipsy created by such authors as Pushkin and Macha in the first half of the 19th century and the reality. K. H. Mácha’s story takes place the 18th century when the majority of Gipsies have already switched to a settled way of life and began to be forcefully assimilated into the traditional society. In the paper, the emphasis is made on ethical, aesthetic and semantic aspects of the themes of love and desire for death as well as elements of Gipsy culture at the time as opposed to the works of K. H. Mácha and A. S. Pushkin. The focus is on Gipsy stereotypes and image in the Czech and in Russian literature in the 19th century.

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