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French-Canadian and Quebec Francophone Literature in Czech Translations
Šidíková, Eliška ; Šotolová, Jovanka (advisor) ; Belisová, Šárka (referee)
The aim of the thesis is to map Czech translations of French-Canadian and Quebec literature from the first translation (Louis Hémon: Maria Chapdelaine - Czech translation from 1923) to the present day. The theoretical part first defines the terminology related to Francophone Canadian literature and presents the development of this literature and its main themes and movements. Next, the Czech receiving environment is characterized, with particular emphasis on the role of translation in Czech literature and the political and economic constraints that have affected the literature in the 20th and 21st centuries. At the core of the work are Czech translations from French-Canadian and Quebec literature. The periods in which Czech translations were published are identified, and an assessment is made of which authors were introduced to the Czech milieu and how. The thesis also examines the reasons for and circumstances of Czech editions of francophone Canadian works. Attention is also given to literary scholarship on Francophone Canadian literature in Czech. Critical and readerly reception of works of Francophone Canadian literature in the Czech Republic also has its place in the work. The thesis is accompanied by three appendices, the first of which provides the most complete inventory of Czech...

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