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Čapkova próza a drama jako zvláštní druh cestopisného psaní

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Šolićová M.

Česká literatura (Czech Literature)

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2011

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vol. 59

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issue 4

528-547

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This essay focuses on the theme of home in the fiction of Karel Čapek (1890–1938) from an intertextual point of view. In the essay, I argue that, in contrast to his travel writing, where home was a fixed point of comparison, in Čapek’s prose fiction the home to varying degrees ceases to exist, and this writing becomes a search for a point of departure. On the one hand, the analysis shows that, while the position of the narrator changes, intermedial techniques and simultaneity are used in Čapek’s fiction. In regard to the position of the home, his fiction may usefully be divided into three groups. The first represents exotic destinations, which are often unsuccessful substitutes for the home. The two early collections of short stories written with Josef Čapek (1887–1945) – Krakonošova zahrada (The Garden of Krakonoš, 1918) and Zářivé hlubiny (The Luminous Depths, 1916) –, as well as the novels Povětroň (Meteor, 1934) and Válka s Mloky (War with the Newts, 1936), belong to this group. The second group describes wandering without a home, for the concept ‘home’ has vanished. The play Ze života hmyzu (The Insect Play, 1922, co‑authored with Josef Čapek) is analyzed here as an example of this group. The last group features journeys of self‑discovery. This treatment of travel begins in the short stories of the collection Boží muka (Wayside Cross, 1917), in the detective stories of Povídky z jedné kapsy (Tales from One Pocket) and Povídky z druhé kapsy (Tales from the Other Pocket), both from 1929, and continues in the novels Hordubal (Hordubal, 1933) and Obyčejný život (An Ordinary life, 1934), where the theme of travel finally becomes synonymous with writing about individual lives.

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Dvě podivné "detektivky" (Čapkův Hordubal a Jméno růže U. Eka)

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Mocna D.

Česká literatura (Czech Literature)

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2005

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vol. 53

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issue 4

465-492

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This genealogically-oriented essay considers two novels, 'Hordubal' by Karel Capek and 'The Name of the Rose' by Umberto Eco, both of which are built on the plan of the classic intellectual English detective story. It seeks to demonstrate that in each, the fundamental noetic principle of the genre, which is the belief that the world can be known in its entirety, without complications, is eroded.

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REFLECTIONS ON THE FIRST CZECH INTRODUCTION OF JANACEK'S OPERA 'THE MACROPULOS CASE' (Ohlasy na prve ceske uvedenia Janackovej opery Vec Makropulos)

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Krupkova L.

Slovenské divadlo (Slovak Theatre)

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2009

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vol. 57

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issue 1

54-68

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The authoress probes reactions on the first introductions of last the opera by Leos Janacek The Macropulos case in Brno and in Prague. By critics the main principle of dramaturgy of this opera was Janacek's specific method of motive work. If we talk about libretto, we can find critics, who were solving the problem of correlative relation between Capek's story and Jancek's adapted libretto. Critics compared Capek's comedy on one side and Janacek's classical opera on the other side. They also compared Capek's intellect and Janaceks intuition, passion and compassion. Impression of absence music, appreciate innovation, dramatic and dynamic in opera dominate in perception of this art work.

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Poslední společné dílo bratří Čapků - Adam Stvořitel a jeho rukopis

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Haman A.

Česká literatura (Czech Literature)

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2009

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vol. 57

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issue 1

68-77

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Examining one version of a manuscript of Adam Stvoritel (Adam the Creator, 1927), which is probably generally unknown, the author sets straight the generally received notion of this being a joint work by the brothers Capek, Josef (1887 -1945) and Karel (1890-1938), and attributes the proper share of authorship to each brother. Using textual criticism he also reconstructs the original form of one of the last MS versions of the play. The article seeks to explain why critics, especially those at the time, rejected this play, the last the Capeks wrote together.

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Čapkova próza a drama jako zvláštní druh cestopisného psaní

Dvě podivné "detektivky" (Čapkův Hordubal a Jméno růže U. Eka)

REFLECTIONS ON THE FIRST CZECH INTRODUCTION OF JANACEK'S OPERA 'THE MACROPULOS CASE' (Ohlasy na prve ceske uvedenia Janackovej opery Vec Makropulos)

Poslední společné dílo bratří Čapků - Adam Stvořitel a jeho rukopis