Open AccessThe image of birds in Czech literature
Author(s) -
Tatiana Anikina,
Natalia Stackelberg
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
bohemistyka
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.11
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2956-4425
pISSN - 1642-9893
DOI - 10.14746/bo.2019.1.6
Subject(s) - czech , folklore , variety (cybernetics) , originality , national identity , identity (music) , geography , history , aesthetics , literature , sociology , art , linguistics , anthropology , political science , computer science , artificial intelligence , philosophy , law , politics , qualitative research
This article is devoted to show the common grounds of Czech and other European literature. Images of birds have an imposing tradition of use in Czech literature. They are characterized by a variety of meanings and history of existence. There are both traditional and everyday folklore images, such as mythologeme of raven for the first one, and geese for the second, which have different semantic workloads. Discussion of the image of birds in the Czech literature is the basement of conclusions about the common ground that brings Czech and European literature together. Moreover, it also gives us more details about Czech national identity, the specifics of its literary schools and movements and the originality of the author’s vision of the world.