CONSTANT ELEMENTS AND CHANGES OF LYRIC PRINCIPLES IN POETRY, PROSE, AND DRAMA IN 20TH CENTURY CZECH LITERATURE. A CASE STUDY OF FRANTIŠEK HRUBÍN

• Authors: Málková Iva
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

František Hrubín (1910–1971) exemplified a distinctive type of lyricism in Czech literature starting in the 1930s, with melody and metaphor serving as the hallmark characteristics of his lyric style. Lyric etudes gradually transformed into lyric-epic ballads over time. Hrubín’s lyric principles reflected his personal, historical, and axiological context. His prose and drama explore the theme of the journey from life to death, presenting various temporal concepts such as the coexistence of multiple temporal layers and temporal overlaps. As a result, our understanding of the present is shaped by memory and recollection, juxtaposing the fleeting with the eternal. The lyric subject evolved into a lyric representative or speaker, which is evident in Hrubín’s lyric-epic works, the characters in his plays, and the narrators in his prose. Hrubín’s lyric landscapes, oscillating between urban and rural settings, unveil a liminal conception of the lyric that blurs the boundaries between documentary and contemplative lyric.

Keywords

EN

METAPHOR; POETRY; PROSE; DRAMA; CZECH LITERATURE; FRANTIŠEK HRUBÍN

• Publisher: Institute of Slovak Literature, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Slovenská literatúra (Slovak Literature)
• Year: 2025
• Volume: 72
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 359 - 376

Contributors

author

Málková Iva

• Faculty of Arts, University of Ostrava, Reální 5, 701 03 Ostrava, Czech Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2541-7780

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/slovlit.2025.72.4.6