Mystification in Czech cinematography and Czech culture

• Authors: ANNA BRZEZIŃSKA
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article concerns the issue of mystification and hoax in Czech culture. It demon-strates historical aspects of this phenomenon and, basing on the example of various cul-tural texts, shows that the mystification as a means of artistic expression is deeply rooted in Czech culture. Surrealistic and illogical themes that are characteristic for Czech humour are used by artists, especially filmmakers, in creating successive mystifications. The article examines films such as Oil Gobblers (1988), Year of Devil (2002), Czech Dream (2004), Jara Cim-rman Lying, Sleeping (1983), in order to analyse the role of this phenomenon in both films that speak of mystification and the ones that are mystifications themselves.

Keywords

EN

hoax, mysti cation, mockumentary, Czech culture, Oil Gobblers, Year of De-vil, Czech Dream, Jara Cimrman Lying, Sleeping, Jára Cimrman

• Publisher: Fundacja Pro Scientia Publica
• Journal: Journal of Education Culture and Society
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 309-315

Dates

published

2020-01-09

Contributors

author

ANNA BRZEZIŃSKA

• University of Wrocław, Poland

Identifiers

DOI

10.15503/jecs20132.309.315