Czech literature and culture: readings

[Michael Denner]

Curt,
I haven't read much of the book, but try _Czech Literature_ by Arne Nova'k,
published by Michigan Slavic Publications. It was originally published
sometime between the wars, but the editor has added as an addendum of about
30pp on developments from post-WWII to c. 1985. The addendum is general and
fairly engaging. You might also consider Nova'k's introductory chapter "The
Spirit of Czech Literature," which is an accessible if impressionistic
overview of the whole of Czech literature and culture. Together, the two
readings are about 50pp. If you like, I might be able to get you copies.

Best,
Michael Denner
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Michael A. Denner
Russian Studies Program
Stetson University
Campus Box 8361
DeLand, FL 32724
386.822.7381
http://www.stetson.edu/organizations/russian_club/mypage.htm


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Subject: [SEELANGS] Czech literature and culture: readings


Dear SEELANGers,

I am teaching an interdisciplinary "Introduction to Russian, East
European and Eurasian Studies" this semester, and have invited one of
my colleagues (a specialist in Czech literature) to give a guest
lecture on Czech literature and culture for the unit on East Central
Europe. For a reading assignment connected with this lecture, I was
hoping to find a good introductory essay in English on the history of
Czech literature, preferably no more than 50 pages in length. Thus
far, however, the only text of this type that my colleague has been
able to find is a short 1968 article by Rene Wellek, "Czech
Literature: East or West?" Can anyone out there recommend anything
else along these lines, preferably something a little more recent?

Srdec^né díky!

Curt Woolhiser

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Curt F. Woolhiser
Dept. of Slavic Languages
and Literatures
Calhoun 415
University of Texas
Austin, TX 78713-7217 USA

Tel. (512) 232-9133, (512) 471-3607
Fax: (512) 471-6710
Email: cfwoolhiser at mail.utexas.edu
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