literary criticism(145)

Struktury a funkce

Professor Herta Schmid, until recently working at the Institute of Slavic Studies, Faculty of Arts in Potsdam, is one of the rare experts...

Výbor ze studií 1989–2009

Úvod do fantastické literatury

The Fantastic: A Structural Approach to a Literary Genre is one of the fundamental works of this French literary scientist of Bulgarian o...

Rétorika a řečová kultura

This second edition of the comprehensive guide to the history and contemporary situation of rhetoric provides a useful overview of the th...

Tropika diskursu

Tropics of Discourse by Hayden White, who is known for his "metahistory" focusing on the narrative character of the historical discourse,...

Kulturně-kritické eseje

Ďáblové, ženy a národ

This selection of essays and treatises by Robert B. Pynsent, one of the most renowned foreign experts on Czech studies (since 1991, a pro...

Výbor z úvah o české literatuře

Ibuse Masuji: A Century Remembered

The Japanese writer Ibuse Masuji (1898–1993) became famous for his best known work: Kuroi Ame (Black Rain), on the tragic outcome of the ...

Řeč ne řeč

An interview with prominent Czech poet Karel Šiktanc (1928–2021) about his life and poetry. Over a two year period Karel Šiktanc wrote hi...

Rozhovor Jaromíra Slomka s Karlem Šiktancem

Vladislav Vančura

This is the first major analytical study in English of the work of the leading Czech Avant-garde novelist and dramatist, Vladislav Vančur...

The Heart of the Czech Avant-garde

Dějiny německé literatury 3

Bahr's History of German Literature in three volumes, covering the period from the early Middle Ages to the present, belongs among classi...

Od realismu k současné literatuře

Kapitoly z francouzské, italské a české literatury

The first of the three sections focuses on works devoted to French literature. Following an essay on the development of the Holy Grail mo...

Ruská moderní literatura 1890–2000

Russian modern literature 1890–2000 analyzes one of the most complex periods of literary history. It provides an explanation of movements...

Kapitoly o českém verši

Miroslav Červenka (1932–2005) was one of the most important personalities of the Czech literary science of the second half of the 20th ce...