Publication details
Female bildungsroman in Czech conduct periodicals: the inception of the genre
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| Year of publication | 2020 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | HISTORY OF EDUCATION & CHILDRENS LITERATURE |
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| Web | http://www.hecl.it/ |
| Keywords | Bildungsroman; Conduct Periodicals; Women's Education; Czech Republic; XIXth Century |
| Description | The paper discusses the beginning of female bildungsroman in the Czech culture between the 1860s and 1870s and recognises the process of establishing its main hermeneutic codes concerning gender, nation, and class. Firstly, I investigate the historical substantiation of conduct fiction for the women as embedded into the literary culture of Czech nationalism and the early stages of establishing systematic education for the girls. Then I explore the continuum of conduct fiction published in the journal for girls "Zlate klasy" between 1867 and 1875 as a moral campaign aimed at recruiting the girls into new practices such as educating at the Czech schools, practising Czech identity including speaking Czech language, and marrying the Czech men exceptionally. |