Ve znamení mytologizující obraznosti (Nad autorskými pohádkami Karla Šiktance)
Under the sign of mythologizing fantasy (Fairy tales by Karel Šiktanc)

Author(s): Miroslav Chocholatý
Subject(s): Czech Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Mythologizing fantasy; Karel Šiktanc; King's fairy tales;
Summary/Abstract: The chapter Ve znamení mytologizující obraznosti (Pohádky Karla Šiktance) [Under the sign of mythologizing fantasy (Fairy tales by Karel Šiktanc)] Miroslav Chocholatý analyzes books of fairy tales by Šiktanc, namely, Královské pohádky [King’s fairy tales](1994) that originated in the late 1960s, O dobré a zlé moci [On the good and the bad power] (2000) and Hrad Svícen [The castle of Svícen] (2009). He points out common features with the author’s works for adults in the area of motifs as well as in the construction of metaphors or the sonic (rhythmic) organization of the text.

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