Karel Čapek versus Agatha Christie: k poetice midcultu

• Authors: Dagmar Mocná

Title variants

EN

Karel Čapek versus Agatha Christie: the poetics of Midcult

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

This essay focuses on the issue of semantic and expressive specificity that is midlevel in the vertical model of literature (known as Midcult). It explores this issue through a comparative analysis of two short stories on the same theme. This essay focuses on two particular aspects: thematic construction (one thematic line versus multiple thematic lines) and the nature of the narrative (objective versus subjectivized narrative). The essay thus sees Povídky z jedné kapsy (translated by Norma Comrada as Stories from One Pocket) as a typical product of the middle literary level, which it considers an essential part of any developed literary culture with the important function of cultivating and mediating for the reader.

Keywords

CS

Karel Čapek; Agatha Christie; midcult; detektivka; vertikální výstavba tématu; subjektivizovaná narace

EN

Karel Čapek; Agatha Christie; midcult; detective story; vertical thematic construction; subjectivized narration

• Publisher: Institute of Czech Literature, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Česká literatura (Czech Literature)
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 72
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 28-52
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Dagmar Mocná

• Ústav pro českou literaturu AV ČR, v. v. i., Na Florenci 1420/3, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic