Tvůrčí činnost dvou českých badatelů o „literárním Slezsku“
The academic forays of two czech scholars into the topic of the “literary Silesia”

Author(s): Libor Pavera
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Customs / Folklore, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: literary theory; folklore; literary Silesia; the Polish‑Czech borderland; regionalism
Summary/Abstract: The topic of the following article is the history of research concerning the “literary Silesia” from the perspective of the Czech history of literature and folklore. The author emphasizes the fact that in the 20th century, Jan Malicki made substantial contributions to the state of the discipline on the Polish side, while Antonín Satke and Drahomír Šajtar contributed on the Czech side – the former in folklore studies, the latter in literary theory. Moreover, Šajtar popularized this interesting, interdisciplinary topic that Bridges several research areas (folklore, literature, ethnography, institutions, economic history, etc.). In addition, Šajtar created the program devoted to studying folklore in Silesia. The article, then, attempts to remind the readers about these two important figures in the study of the “literary Silesia” and its heritage.

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