VOJNA PROTI POĽSKU (1939) V PRÓZE MARGITY FIGULI A FRANTIŠKA ŠVANTNERA

• Authors: Janecová Tamara

Title variants

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War against Poland (1939) in the prose by Margita Figuli and František Švantner

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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The subject of the study is a comparative analysis of two literary works of the lyrical prose representatives, who were inspired by the military events of September 1939 in terms of content, in particular the participation of the Slovak Army in the war against Poland. The goal is to zoom in on the circumstances, context of origin and publication of the texts: Olovený vták (Bird of Lead) (1940) by Margita Figuli and Dáma (The Lady) (1948) by František Švantner. Both works were published in the Slovenské pohľady magazine (Slovak Views). In the case of Figuli, attention is paid to the transformation of references in the resources (Slovák daily) within the author's artistic concept. The subject of analysis also includes the relationship between the publication of the prose and subsequent loss of the writer’s job as the correspondent in Tatrabanka. Research of Švantner’s work The Lady concentrates on the identification of sources used as the writer’s source of inspiration. Švantner based his writing on the narrative of his friend, Anton Kúdelka, who served in the North-Eastern part of the Polish-Slovak border and could be present at the events when the civilians were ordered to hand over their weapons – this event is also supported in the sources. Both works of prose are connected mainly by the pacifist ideological focus reflecting the way the Slovak culture reacted to this part of our history.

Keywords

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MILITARY HISTORY; SLOVAKIA; WORLD WAR II; POLAND; FIGULI MARGITA; ŠVANTNER FRANTIŠEK

• Publisher: Vojenský historický ústav Bratislava
• Journal: Vojenská história
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 123 - 144

Contributors

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Janecová Tamara

• Trnavská univerzita v Trnave, Pedagogická fakulta, Priemyselná 4, 918 43 Trnava, Slovak Republic