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YOU ARE NEVER ALONE AS A LITERARY TRASH? (Nikdy nie si sama ako literarny gyc?)

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Matejovic P.

Slovenská literatúra (Slovak Literature)

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2009

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vol. 56

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issue 2

81-97

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The author deals with interpretation of Minac's prose 'Nikdy nie si sama' (You Are Never Alone), published in 1962. He also pays attention to wider discussion appeared in literary magazines in 1962-1963 concerning this literary double-novelette. He stressed the significance of the critical reaction of Bohus Kovac's critical achievement, which is exceptional in the historical context of the first half of the 60th. It was comparable with critical articles and polemics of Milan Hamada. Kovac pointed out a problem of genre classification of Minac's literary works, which in 50th and 60th had a form of exemplary, popular literature (tradition of literature in calendars). By this way he created a platform for overlapping of both the types of literature in the area of genre and values. The mentioned problem becomes the central theme also in the author's study. He comes out from the semiotic and cultural analyses of Umberto Ecco from the first of the 60th. They have several common parallels with Kovac's critical argumentation. The author was also inspired by the works of Czech literary theorists and historians (D. Mocna, P. Janacek). They pointed out some genre - typological similarities between Social Realism and popular literature. The author came to conclusion that Minac's double novelette 'Nikdy nie si sama' (You Are Never Alone) is a typical example of 'socialist midcult' performing mainly ideological functions, while aesthetic function was suppressed. This Minac's auctorial intention was clearly identifiable mainly in the end of his prose, in which he comes back to constructional poetics typical for the 50th. It is also the most problematic dimension of his prose. Minac attempted to make that part interesting through motifs of sentimental and erotic literature (those motifs were there to draw attention of the readers). Altogether with ideological facture those auctorial courses created a genre hybrid.

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THE DESTRUCTION OF RUSSIA HIDDEN IN THE POSTMODERN LABYRINTH - VLADIMIR SOROKIN'S 'THE ICE'. CONNECTIONS WITH POPULAR LITERATURE, MYTH, CONCEPTUALISM AND ANTI-UTOPIA

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Potoczek A.

Slavia Orientalis

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2008

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vol. 57

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issue 2

273-290

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The article depicts interrelations of Sorokin's prose with popular literature, on the one hand, and so-called 'high literature, on the other. The subsequent analysis of the plot and linguistic structure of the novel as well as the historical and cultural context presents the intertextual linkings of Sorokin's writings and associations between myths and postmodern conventions which are ones of writer's distinctive features. Therefore, Soroin is both the postmodernist and conceptualist. Once again, connections to the popular literature, conceptualism, anti-utopia and myths occur, visibly vivid and almost necessary, considering historical retrospections and 'views' of contemporary Russia hidden between the lines. The history deconstruction and demystification are possible because of using techniques strongly rooted in the stream called 'soc-art'. The analysis leads to the conclusion that the destruction of Russia is described with categories from traditions of popular literature, myths, fables and history. All the above elements create an unusual labyrinth and constantly compromise the myths and using the same technique tend to compromise the reality.

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České operní libreto

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Smrcka J.

Česká literatura (Czech Literature)

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2005

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vol. 53

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issue 1

41-61

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Conventional drama is also a subject area of literary research. It includes texts covering a whole range of genres, though not all are linked to the traditional medium of theatre let alone dramatic theatre. The operetta libretto is among the special genres. In common usage 'libretto' means the story the operetta is based on. The operetta libretto is a musical-dramatic genre that originated in France in the 1850s. From there it spread to other countries, particularly those of central Europe. In the twentieth century it began to stagnate until by the 1940s it was gradually giving way in the popular theatres to other genres. In the Czech cultural context the libretto developed from simple translations and adaptations of foreign works in the second half of the nineteenth century to strong home-grown works in the 1930s and 1940s but then experienced a radical downturn in the late 1940s and early 1950s. In a section devoted to a morphological analysis the article is concerned chiefly with the libretto of the 1930s and first half of the 1940s. This sort of libretto has three acts, the second of which comes to a climax in a dramatic finale and the third (usually shorter) has the form of a simple denouement. The setting was chosen to allow exotic or folk elements to be suitably linked with salon society. Authors of libretti put particular emphasis on comic effect, which alternated with the merely sentimental. In its dialogues the libretto was marked by a weak relationship between the spoken word and song lyrics (with the exception of the finale). The characters were not conceived as unique but as set types of people with conventional characteristics, particularly in behaviour, thinking, appearance, expression, and content of the spoken dialogues and sung texts. The article concludes that more research is needed on the operetta libretto, because it is a genre that exerted a wide-ranging influence on Czech culture in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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Podlasie i Białystok we współczesnym polskim komiksie

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Kochanowski M.

Białostockie Studia Literaturoznawcze

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2012

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vol. 3

187-200

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The article presents the image of Podlasie and Bialystok in three comic books: Tymczasem by Grzegorz Janusz and Przemysław Truściński, Pocztówki z Białegostoku by Joanna Karpowicz, and Siedem + dwa by Paulina Drobnikowska and Andrzej Bajguz. The spaces analysed are fragmentary in character, while Joanna Karpowicz's comic reveals especially clearly the relationship between metaphorical narrative and fragmentary nature of the comic and the image of Bialystok which is a palimpsest of things, with its contemporary architecture enriched with images from the city's cultural and ethnic past. The comic books analysed represent various means of describing space, while their shared characteristic is the subject matter of multi-culturalism, ethnicity, memory, identity, history and youth

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POZNÁMKY K VÝSKUMU POPULÁRNEJ LITERATÚRY V STREDOEURÓPSKOM KULTÚRNOM KONTEXTE

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Benyovszky K.

Slovenská literatúra (Slovak Literature)

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2022

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vol. 69

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issue 1

1 – 17

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The article maps current issues concerning popular literature in Central European cultures with a special emphasis on the Hungarian, Slovak, Czech and Polish contexts. It provides a partial overview of the current state of art and of the research approaches and outlines comparative perspectives. The research of popular literature and culture is done either from the inside, i.e. from the position of the experientially motivated recipient (recipient’s perspective) or from the outside – from the position of an external observer. In the latter approach, the interest might lie in the wider external cultural and social contexts (sociocultural perspective) or in the summarisation of bibliographical data (archival perspective). These research lines testify to generically and thematically typical publications from all four linguistic areas – bibliographies, dictionaries, lexicons, case studies, deeper close readings and book-length research. The corpus of this study takes as its material, is composed of texts published in periodicals and online materials as platforms where popular literature is published and critically analysed. It also takes into consideration Central European feedback on the writers of the Western canon, imagological analysis of national stereotypes, popular socialist culture, fandom and fan literature and intermediality and transmediality of popular culture.

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REMARKS ON ARAB SCHOLARSHIP IN THE ARABIC POPULAR SIRA AND THE SIRAT SAYF IBN DI YAZAN

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Gazakova Z.

Asian and African Studies

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2005

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vol. 14

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issue 2

187-195

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The subject, which is going to be discussed here, represents a brief description of the general direction of 20th century research in the field of Arab popular epic and the Sirat Sayf ibn DI Yazan conducted by Arab scholars and literary critics. Despite the fact that some of the studies which are mentioned in the following pages are out of date, discussing them is still profitable because they offer a complex review of the gradual development of scholarly opinion on the Arabic popular sira, which was marked until recently by many misconceptions and methodological confusion.

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TRACES OF THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS IN TAWFËQ AL-ÉAKËM’S WORKS

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Kobzošová K.

Asian and African Studies

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2014

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vol. 23

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issue 1

173 – 191

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This essay explores Tawfáq al-Éakám’s attitude to the collection of the popular stories known as the Thousand and One Nights, which was crucial to his further development as an author and playwright. Since these stories represent the cornerstone of many of his writings, the aim of the essay is to analyse the scope of influence of the Thousand and One Nights on al-Éakám’s work and the way this inspiration is reflected in his most significant pieces of literature, such as ShahrazÞd or Solomon the Wise, as well as in some of his short stories and less known plays, such as HÞrãn ar-Rashád and HÞrãn ar-Rashád. The essay also deals with al-Éakám’s portrayal of ShahrazÞd, whose character recurs in his writings the most; her character is thus the key to understanding many of his works.

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NEW VOICES: SOCIO-CULTURAL TRAJECTORIES OF VIETNAMESE LITERATURE IN THE 21ST CENTURY

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Healy D.

Asian and African Studies

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2013

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vol. 22

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issue 1

1 – 30

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Many important changes have taken place in the domain of Vietnamese literature in the last two decades as the country embraced the new globalized consumer age. This article examines the ways in which contemporary Vietnamese literature responds to the new social and cultural milieu delineated by rapidly developing market economy, globalization, and rise in new technologies, mass media and the internet. It highlights the role of young generation of writers whose enthusiasm, unorthodox creativity, penchant for experiment and resentment of authority contributed to the transformation of Vietnamese literature from a ‘servant of revolution’ to the purveyor of entertainment, modernity and individualism. It also analyses the changes in the publishing industry and evaluates the role of the internet in Vietnam as a vital alternative space which can accommodate various forms of marginalized writing.

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Poradnik w (nie)dobrym stylu. Literatura poradnikowa - na wybranych czeskich i polskich przykładach w ujęciu aksjologicznym

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Chrobak K.

Bohemistyka

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2015

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vol. 15

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issue 3

269 - 286

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The purpose of this article is (taking into account the historical aspect, the latest reading research in Poland and the Czech Republic as well as the analysis of the current publishing offer) to illustrate the changes occurring in reading preferences. An attempt to define and analyse the role of contemporary literature of guides, which, especially within the last few years, has dominated both the Czech and Polish literary market, will be discussed here in terms of the social aspect, taking into account the preferences of readers, their perception capabilities and the thematic requirements of the recipient for a specific literature. The historical background of literature of guides in Poland and the Czech Republic aims to show both the continuity of this specific branch of literature over several centuries, as well as a number of changes including conditioned, among others, by fashion, changing the way of life and the expectations of readers, or finally the marketing strategy. The axiological aspect, however, will reveal a wide range of standards and criteria for the evaluation of guides literature, among which will be the sender, recipient, subject and language.

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SA DALLĀH WANNŪS AND THE THEATRE OF POLITICIZATION

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Bešková K.

Asian and African Studies

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2015

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vol. 24

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issue 2

211 – 232

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This essay deals with the life and work of distinguished Syrian playwright Sa dallāh Wannūs, with special emphasis on his concept of the theatre of politicization (masrah at-tasyīs) which originated directly in the aftermath of the Six Day War in 1967. The paper concentrates on some of Wannūs’s most crucial ideas concerning the theatrical project which was to a certain extent inspired by techniques of Bertolt Brecht’s epic theatre and whose aim was to encourage the audience to engage freely in a discussion on important social and political matters. This essay also briefly introduces some of the author’s most famous plays, like Soirée for the Fifth of June as well as his other dramatic works written within the scope of the project, like The Elephant, Oh, King of Ages, The Adventure of the Mamluk Jābir’s Head or The King is the King. Since many of Wannūs’s plays include elements of Arabic popular narrative tradition, the paper tries to explore this aspect of his works as well.

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CHUDÁ HOLKA. SERIALIZOVANÝ ROMÁN PRO ŽENY A DÍVKY V POČÁTCÍCH ČESKÉ POPULÁRNÍ ŽURNALISTIKY

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Hemelíková B.

Slovenská literatúra (Slovak Literature)

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2016

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vol. 63

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issue 2

104 – 113

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The present paper deals with the specific poetics of literary critical writings which were the novels published in popular periodicals and they are completely forgotten. We attempt to make the production of early Czech popular journalism clearer by looking into the first Czech popular daily Pražský ilustrovaný kurýr and by analysing the women´s novel Chudá holka (The Poor Girl by Václav Čech, Pražský ilustrovaný kurýr 1895). The editors did not mean to produce a special women´s readership, but they wanted also to include men. The novel had a social dimension, it used the issue of a „foundling“ to criticize social prejudice towards illegitimate children. However, it eventually results in confirming the social system. The opposition between the „popular“ and „elite“ production, yet not clearly defined, can be typically seen in Václav Čech´s relations to „high“ literature.

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Wróg u bram: literatura popularna — oznaka kryzysu czy efekt globalizacji?

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Z Lichański J.

Literatura i Kultura Popularna

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2011

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vol. 17

113-126

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This article aims to show the popular literature in two perspectives (first will be discussed how to define the concept of the popular literature).The first perspective nominate the globalization and the literature is simply his symptom; the second nominate such a prospect the perception of a culture in which literature can be seen only as manifestation of severe crisis in modern culture (there will be inevitable critical look at contemporary concepts of culture). The thesis, which I will try to defend, is this: that, which combines both the crisis and globalization seen as inevitable processes harasses the modern world, is the popular literature. It disseminates both cultural patterns and responds to the needs and dreams of many people. But the popular literature will be construct a vision of the world, which seems to be extremely simplified and, worse, this vision requires a very large group of people. At the same time — reading is an indelible part of the modern world. However, its continued existence may jeopardize the viability of human rights or the intellectual condition of humankind. These arguments will be documented reference to examples, which are: Dan Brown, Nora Roberts, and a series of novels devoted to Honor Harrington and possibly their Polish counterparts.

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O diable-moraliście, urwanej nodze i wcieleniach pokusy czyli ludowa (?) opowieść o Fauście z ilustracjami Josefa Manesa (na podstawie "Doktor Faustus podle Gustava Schwaba vypravuje Fr. Táborský")

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Sosnowska D.

Bohemistyka

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2015

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vol. 15

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issue 1

23 - 40

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There are three main objectives of the article. The first one is to outline the existence of Faust motif in the Czech culture, both popular and high. The second one is to present the book Doktor Faustus podle Gustava Schwaba vypravuje Fr.Táborský, which was edited in Prague in 1921. The illustrations by Josef Mánes enriched originally Schwab's work, which persuaded the Czech editors to make the book available to Czech readers in the mentioned year. The third goal is to discuss Mánes' illustrations as a kind of an interpretative reading, and not only the decorative pictures which should be regarded as being subordinated to the literary senses. This painting commentary, made by Mánes, introduced irony and such erotic motives which are absent in that literary world. Schwab's book is presented as the example of narration that mixes the elements of popular version of the Faust myth with much more sophisticated, philosophical commentary formulated by the author. Thus, the funny and fantastic story about Faust, full of grotesque and fantasy elements, changes into a serious, moral treatise concerning predestination, sin, guilt and punishment. During the interwar period, Czech interest in Schwab's book could resulted not only from the reason of Mánes' illustrations, but also from the cultural tendencies of the time. I mean the fascinations for the popular form of circus-like magic, a sense of folk humor, a creative fantasy, which used to change a predictable world into a fairy tale. All those attractive qualities were characteristic for Schwab's book.

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YOU ARE NEVER ALONE AS A LITERARY TRASH? (Nikdy nie si sama ako literarny gyc?)

THE DESTRUCTION OF RUSSIA HIDDEN IN THE POSTMODERN LABYRINTH - VLADIMIR SOROKIN'S 'THE ICE'. CONNECTIONS WITH POPULAR LITERATURE, MYTH, CONCEPTUALISM AND ANTI-UTOPIA

České operní libreto

Podlasie i Białystok we współczesnym polskim komiksie

POZNÁMKY K VÝSKUMU POPULÁRNEJ LITERATÚRY V STREDOEURÓPSKOM KULTÚRNOM KONTEXTE

REMARKS ON ARAB SCHOLARSHIP IN THE ARABIC POPULAR SIRA AND THE SIRAT SAYF IBN DI YAZAN

TRACES OF THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS IN TAWFËQ AL-ÉAKËM’S WORKS

NEW VOICES: SOCIO-CULTURAL TRAJECTORIES OF VIETNAMESE LITERATURE IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Poradnik w (nie)dobrym stylu. Literatura poradnikowa - na wybranych czeskich i polskich przykładach w ujęciu aksjologicznym

SA DALLĀH WANNŪS AND THE THEATRE OF POLITICIZATION

CHUDÁ HOLKA. SERIALIZOVANÝ ROMÁN PRO ŽENY A DÍVKY V POČÁTCÍCH ČESKÉ POPULÁRNÍ ŽURNALISTIKY

Wróg u bram: literatura popularna — oznaka kryzysu czy efekt globalizacji?

O diable-moraliście, urwanej nodze i wcieleniach pokusy czyli ludowa (?) opowieść o Fauście z ilustracjami Josefa Manesa (na podstawie "Doktor Faustus podle Gustava Schwaba vypravuje Fr. Táborský")