literary criticism(148)

Beyond Decadence

Jan Opolský has long been considered to be little more than an epigon of the Czech Decadence. By detailed analysis of his prose, this boo...

Exposing the Narrative Irony in Jan Opolský's Prose

O českém verši

This collection of papers, On Czech Verse, presents a summary of Květa Sgallová’s long-term scholarly orientation. Rooted in the structur...

Literary Theory

This textbook captures the fundamental moments in thinking about literature and art in English speaking countries in Renaissance, Neoclas...

An Historical Introduction

Filologické studie 2014

The third volume of this monographic series published by Charles University’s Faculty of Education strives to address the currently highl...

Canon. Otázky kánonu v literatuře a vzdělávání

Rhetoric in European Culture and Beyond

This book, Rhetoric in European Culture and Beyond, defines the position of rhetoric in the cultural and educational systems from ancient...

Grafy, mapy, stromy

This book strives to explain literary history to those in other fields in the humanities using tools originally developed for different r...

Abstraktní modely literární historie

Pražská škola v korespondenci

The Prague School became an icon in world linguistics of the 20th century: based on the Course in General Linguistics by Ferdinand de Sau...

Dopisy z let 1924–1989

Co se chce říct mluvením

This book by a prominent French sociologist, whose reflections also had a fundamental influence on aesthetics, literary history and many ...

Ekonomie jazykové směny

Od slova k revoluci

This book is devoted to the early poetic and partially also artistic works of one of the most significant 20th-century Russian poets, Vla...

Poetický svět raného Majakovského prizmatem lingvistické analýzy

Heterocosmica II

Heterocosmica II: The Fictitious Worlds of Czech Postmodern Prose is an independent book, although it is intrinsically connected with Het...

Fikční světy postmoderní české prózy

Tři stálice moderní české prózy: Neruda, Čapek, Kundera

In his new books, Aleš Haman, a literary scientist, historian and critic, emeritus professor of aesthetics at the University of South Boh...

Tři figury posedlosti

“Three furies. Three night scenes, three types of madness.” Jean Starobinski, a Swiss professor of French literature and history of medic...