The purpose of this paper is to examine the image of the city as represented and conceptualized in the works of prominent modern Arab poets, mainly since the 1950s. In this article, I will argue that the attitude of these modernists toward the city is characterized by a unique ambivalence. On the one hand, many of them (particularly those who migrated from provincial towns and rural areas to a capital city) unequivocally depict the city or metropolis as a harsh and cruel prison. On the other hand, these same poets recognize the immeasurable possibilites and the immense cultural space the big city offers its inhabitants, especially its poets and artists. Accordingly, a more incisive reading of their works reveals that modern Arab poets are also enthralled and captivated by the modern city. They feel that they have to put up with the metropolis, awe inspiring as it may be, distant from the "firsts sky" as it may be, because it allows them to confront paradox and incongruity, thus eliciting creativity. Therefore, as far as most Arab modernist poets are concerned, having been uprooted from their home village has put them face to face with "the other". In their eyes, it is exactly this challenge to their comfortable and somewhat stolid existence that propels them to the forefront of artistic creation.
The present article concentrates on an analysis of the structure of the opening passages and means of address in the Amarna Letters, one of the largest sources of epistolary documents, written during the 2nd half of the 2nd millennium B.C. From the first look at the Amarna corrpus, those familiar with the topic will notice a formal structure very similar to the one found in other letters written in Peripheral Akkadian. However, the discussion on the formal structure usually limits itself to several short statements and general descriptive comments.
The study pursues the process of the Czech Modernism development at the end of the 19th century, observing three streams of thought: realism, progressive movement and modernist literature, whose interconnection in various configurations created the specific shape of the emerging modernism. The well-known "Czech Modernism" proclamation of October 1895 completed the constitutive process and at the same time it was its epitaph. and Článek zahrnuje poznámkový aparát pod čarou
This paper deals with the problem of secret non-catholicism in the northeast Bohemia at the end of the first third of the 18th century and its connection with the religions movement of local serfs. It points out the role of reading religious literature like the Bible, prager-books and hymn-books on secret non-catholics meetings. That was an irreplaceable part of their speeches as was the role of religious legates from the milieu of Sorbian pietistical communities. A sudden abnormal concentration of religious emissaries in a small part of Opočno's manor, the spectre of newle smuggled books sold by emigrants even their apparent help with the formulation of requests of serfs to autorities and maybe the autorships of the creed of the religion gives evidence of a strong influence of emigration. In the Memorial's formal dogmatics we can find clear symptoms of the pietistical influence on the formulation of official request. We can assume that the text of the creed of the religion is not a local non-catholics production. It evidently grew out of a remarkably vague awareness of former faith of ancestors influenced by Lutheran pietism in the 18th century. The fading influence of the ideas of Czech reformations of 16th century can be seen even in the structure of non/catholic books. Contraband books prevails at the end of the first third of the 18* century. These books had a great influence on formalization of dogmatic that necessary to refer to the leading local figures of Opočno events that happened in the September of 1732. A use of catholics production was not an Exception. The reading of secret non/catholics in privat and meetings and its structure deals ill-definated dogmatics positions of this rural community.
Dalit literature is a literary movement born out of the social movement of the Dalits, the "downtrodden", former "untouchables", the lowest segment of the Hindu caste hierarchy, called Harijan ("Children of God") by Mahatma Gandhi. Since 1935, when the British government in India grouped all the low castes under the category S.C. (scheduled castes), the term Scheduled Castes has been officially applied to these people. In independent India, they are supported and encouraged in many ways by the government, but their literature tells us a lot about the reality of their situation.
This paper deals with the personality and the work of the noble, writer and intellectual Maximilian count Lamberg (1729–1792) which was already examined by several Czech historians (Polišenský, Kroupa, Cerman). Firstly, the paper evaluates the current state of research to show that despite of the attention of researchers focused on this personality, there are still lot of contexts and details which remain unknown. Secondly, the paper analyses the question of the relevance and the historical value of Lamberg’s conserved works which are situated between memories, essays and autobiographical fiction. In the main part of the paper, the thesis of Jiří Kroupa, which assumes the appurtenance of Maxmilian Lamberg both to the Moravian milieu and to the European Republic of letters, is examined. Lamberg’s accessible works, not only the most famous Mémorial d’un mondain but also the other books, are used as a base of the research.
Recenze představuje a porovnává dvě knihy příbuzné do určité míry svým tématem, spíše rozdílné však svým zpracováním. Obě pojednávají o destruktivním či manipulativním zacházení s historickým a kulturním dědictvím minulosti, totiž podobách restrikce v přístupu k písemnému materiálu jako médiu jistých informací a hodnot. Kolektivní monografie Přemístěné archivy se věnuje archiváliím, které byly z politických důvodů „přemístěny“ či „odsunuty“ z místa jejich původního vzniku jinam a často přitom byly znepřístupněny, či dokonce vystaveny zkáze; většinou se zde jedná o soubory dokumentů z bývalých kolonií přestěhované či likvidované evropskými metropolemi před koncem jejich panství. Recenzent přibližuje některé studie, vyzvedává jejich analytické zpracování, ucelenost publikace i schopnost autorů oslovit odborníky i širší publikum. Druhá publikace (Historia universal de la destrucción de libros: De las tabillas sumerias a la guerra de Irak. Barcelona, Destino 2004) se stala světovým bestsellerem a venezuelský esejista a spisovatel Fernando Báez v ní usiloval komplexně pojednat o fenoménu destrukce písemných záznamů od jejich nejstarších počátků až do současnosti. Recenzent oceňuje živý, téměř beletristický jazyk a neobyčejné kvantum soustředěných informací, schází mu však jejich hierarchizace, analýza a zhodnocení. Autorova snaha o popularizaci pak podle něj místy trpí bulvárností., The review introduces and compares two books which are to some extent similar as to their topics, but different in terms of the approach to the topic. Both deal with destructive of manipulative treatment of historical and cultural heritage of the past, namely forms of restrictions of access to written documents as a medium containing certain information and possessing a certain value. The collective monograph Displaced archives is dedicated to archival documents which were "displaced" or "moved" from the place of their origin for political reasons and often rendered unavailable or even destroyed in the process; these are generally sets of documents from former colonies moved or liquidated by European colonial states before the end of their rule. The reviewer describes some of the studies, commends their analytical approach, the comprehensive nature of the publication, as well as the ability of its authors to address both the professional community and a broader audience. The second publication, A universal history of the destruction of books: From ancient Sumer fo Modern-day Iraq (Barcelona: Destino, 2004), became a global bestseller and its author Fernando Báez, a Venezuelan essayist and writer, attempted to cover, in a comprehensive manner, the phenomenon of destruction of written records since their oldest beginnings until now in it. The reviewer appreciates the author´s vivid, almost belletristic language and the remarkable amount of information concentrated in the book; however, he misses its hierarchization, analysis, and evaluation. In his opinion, the author´s efforts to make the topic popular is sometimes on the verge of tabloid journalism., [autor recenze] Mikuláš Čtvrtník., Obsahuje 2 tituly, and Obsahuje bibliografii a bibliografické odkazy