Zdeněk Šmíd's Cejch
Vol.34,No.1(2024)
Abstract
Keywords:
compositional axis; paradoxical principle; paradoxical motif; significant chapter; prospection; retrospection; anticipation; superstitious component; synchronic moment; framing
Pages:
51–58
Šmíd's novel talks about the Ore Mountains, and focuses on the German and Czech population of this region. The compositional axis of the prose is formed by the so-called Noon Stone, which is significant particularly for Jakob Schmelzer. The novel is built on a paradoxical principle, which includes a paradoxical motif. The paradoxical nature is especially evident in the conclusion of the prose. The novel is further interwoven with prospectives and retrospectives, with anticipation and synchronous moments playing a significant role. The novel is imbued with a superstitious element in the from of a mysterious, mythical character. Šmíd framed the novel with a similar scene. Tectonically, the work is related to the prose of I. Olbracht and K. H. Mácha.
compositional axis; paradoxical principle; paradoxical motif; significant chapter; prospection; retrospection; anticipation; superstitious component; synchronic moment; framing
51–58
References
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