This study analyses Klicpera’s dubium, a parodic sermon based on similarities between Christ’s suffering and the processing of barley in beer production. The primary aim is to show how a genre that begins by parodying scripture gradually transforms into a declamatory text, which functions in the culture of the Czech national movement mainly as light reading but also aims to homogenize the Czech national community. Furthermore, the study shows numerous thematic parallels in foreign literatures which may serve (mainly within the world imagined by Klicpera’s text) as very interesting comparative materials. Attached to the study is a critically verified edition of Klicpera’s text.
The study analyses Vrchlický’s short story Růže (Povídky ironické a sentimentalní, 1886) which is an original interpretation of a passage from Dante Alighieri’s Vita Nuova. It shows Vrchlický’s elaborate work with intertextual references to Dante’s literary work, which simultaneously construct a unique portrait of Dante’s life and work. The creation of this image was intentional as is showed in connection with Vrchlický’s poetry, where he often deals with Dante Alighieri as a subject.
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