AN ANECDOTAL HISTORY: HRABAL AND CENTRAL EUROPE

• Authors: Daniel W. Pratt
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Bohumil Hrabal has inspired novelists, critics, bar owners, and bookstore owners to name and dedicate their works to him across the Central European space. This article looks at how Hrabal is understood in the region and attempts to explain the admiration for this peculiar author through his use of the anecdotal form. Instead of regarding Central Europe as the space of tragedy, Hrabal imagines it as the space of anecdotes, reclaiming agency for those who have suffered under the weight of History.

Keywords

EN

Hrabal; Central Europe; anecdote; history

• Publisher: Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk w Przemyślu
• Journal: Rocznik Przemyski
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 52
• Issue: 2(20): Literatura i Język
• Pages: 113-120

Contributors

author

Daniel W. Pratt