Kundera article (cont.)

[Prof Steven P Hill]

Dear colleagues:

To the extent that Mr Kundera would like at least a few people to be 
interested enough to want to learn to read and study his (early) writings 
in the original Czech, he should keep in mind that those interested folks
probably will be studying and/or teaching in departments and programs 
of Slavic languages and literatures.  Such people might start with Russian 
(as a language), and proceed to other Slavic languages, including Czech
 -- which would be made much more accessible by prior studies within 
the same language family (Slavic).

Moreover, in time (if not already), new Katerina Clarks and new Sheila 
Fitzpatricks may appear on the scene, who will launch serious studies 
of various "satellite" literatures and cultures in the era of the Soviet bloc 
(c. 1946-89).  If such new looks at eastern- and Soviet-oriented literatures 
and cultures are undertaken, including various permutations of "socialist 
realism," all around the Soviet bloc, such studies would probably include 
also what was then Czechoslovakia -- and Mr Kundera's role in that 
eastern- and Soviet-oriented literature.

Best wishes to all,
Steven P Hill,
University of Illinois.
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