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Journal

2014 | 14 | 4 | 343 - 361

Article title

Czy czeska fantastyka po 1989 roku naprawdę jest o niczym?

Content

Title variants

EN
IS CZECH FANTASY AFTER 1989 REALLY ABOUT NOTHING?

Languages of publication

PL

Abstracts

EN
The aim of the paper is to present Czech science fiction literature after 1989 and its potential and perspectives in translationts to other languages. The author introduces the most interesting Czech novels that belong not to strictly commercial part of SF-F literature, but also contain "literary" values (as defined by Russian formalists): Utopie, nejlepší verze by Ivan Kmínek, Dlouhý den Valhaly by František Novotný, Peklo Beneš. O štastnìjším Československu by Josef Nesvadba, Engerlingové by Jaroslav Velinský, Spěšný vlak Ch. 24.12 by Jan Poláček, Strážci noci by Sanča Fülle, a penthalogy Mycelium by Vilma Kadlečková. The author also tries to show that changes after 1989 on book market was for SF-F writers a "identity shock" and lead to "how to write" in the early 90's. Contemporary Czech SF-F literature offers a wide range of topics and novels are addressed to a wide spectrum of readers who expect different experiences - from pure fun to ambitious problems. As author emphasizes, Czech SF-F is now a fully mature genre and many works of Czech writers are estimated at European and global level.

Journal

Year

Volume

14

Issue

4

Pages

343 - 361

Physical description

Contributors

  • Uniwersytet Opolski, Zakład Slawistyki Zachodniej i Południowej, Poland

References

Document Type

Publication order reference

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