FENOMÉN ŽENSKÉHO CESTOPISU V SLOVENSKEJ LITERATÚRE
THE PHENOMENON OF WOMEN'S TRAVEL WRITING IN SLOVAK LITERATURE

Author(s): Eliška Gunišová
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Studies of Literature, Slovak Literature
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Slovak literature; Slovak literary realism; travelogue; Slavonic mutuality; Czech-Slovak relations;
Summary/Abstract: The importance of the travelogue genre in Slavonic literature is indisputable. Social developments in 19th century, which were one of the consequences of industrial revolution, included the emergence of traveling as a leasure activity. It became more accessible to masses, which is reflected in literature of the time by an increased writers’ interest in the travelogue genre. The aim of this paper is to examine the social and cultural situation around and its influence on the creation of the first Slovak travelogue by a female writer, Pani Georgiadesová na cestách (Mrs Georgiades traveling) subtitled Veselý cestopis do Prahy na národopisnú výstavu (Cheerful travelogue to Prague to the ethnographic exhibition) and to define specific means used by the author, Terézia Vansová, that enrich and modify the characteristics of the contemporary travelogue genre. Furthermore, this work focuses on the influence of Vansovaʼs work and its links to contemporary Slovak literature. This approch allows comparing Vansovaʼs travelogue with similar contemporary literary works and pointing out the connections that indicate a close relationship with the Czech and Slovak literature of the period.

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