Publication details
La représentation de la Seconde Guerre mondiale dans la littérature tcheque pour les enfants
| Title in English | The Topic of the World War Two in Czech literature for children |
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| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Enfants en temps de guerre et littératures de jeunesse (XXe-XXIe siecles) |
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| Field | Mass media, audiovision |
| Keywords | Czech literature for children; topic of the World War Two; literary-historical research |
| Description | The article deals with Czech literature for children (since the second half of the 20th century till the early 21st century) focused on the topic of the World War Two. The topic emerges in this literary context in several edition "waves". In addition to impressive literary testimonies written in the atmosphere shortly after the liberation the topic of war was treated in the spirit of the Communist propaganda. In the 1960s there were attempts to demystify the image of war but after the defeat of the 1968 democratic movement the official literature began to present stereotypical images again. The contemporary literature pictures war events mainly from the children's perspective. The article draws on a long-term literary-historical research. |