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Ve znamení mytologizující obraznosti (Nad autorskými pohádkami Karla Šiktance)
| Title in English | Under the sign of mythologizing fantasy (Fairy tales by Karel Šiktanc) |
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| Year of publication | 2011 |
| Type | Chapter of a book |
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| Description | The chapter Ve znamení mytologizující obraznosti (Pohádky Karla Šiktance) [Under the sign of mythologizing fantasy (Fairy tales by Karel Šiktanc)] Miroslav Chocholatý analyzes books of fairy tales by Šiktanc, namely, Královské pohádky [King’s fairy tales] (1994) that originated in the late 1960s, O dobré a zlé moci [On the good and the bad power] (2000) and Hrad Svícen [The castle of Svícen] (2009). He points out common features with the author’s works for adults in the area of motifs as well as in the construction of metaphors or the sonic (rhythmic) organization of the text. He also analyzes the multi-layer meaning character of these fairy tales, their archaic diction as well as the time-space anchoring in the distant past. He deals with links to the traditional fairy tale and methods distinguishing these texts from it (e.g. the development of characters and Summary 323 the transformation of their features, the keeping of narrative linearity, time sequence and certainty or the use of particular real places). |
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