Bohemica Olomucensia: Časopis pro filologická a mezioborová studia (Journal for Philological and Interdisciplinary Studies) is a peer-reviewed journal published since 2009 (previously four times a year, since 2016 two to three times a year), primarily in print - however, all published issues are available in the journal archive in pdf format. From 2023 onwards, it is published electronically.
BO publishes original studies and articles, primarily in the field of Czech language and literature, but also linguistic and literary contributions of more general interest and contributions that reflect interdisciplinary contexts in art history and history. Space is also devoted to reviews and up-to-date information from linguistics and literary studies. Bohemica Olomucensia is aimed at linguists and literary scholars working in the field of Czech studies and other philological disciplines, as well as students and interested members of the general public.
The basic language of publication is Czech, but some contributions are published in world languages, as well as in Slovak, Polish, etc.
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Bohemica Olomucensia 2025, 17(3):12-25 | DOI: 10.5507/bo.2025.025
The study analyses the results of the Magnesia Litera Book Prize in the prose category for 2023. It looks at current trends in prose fiction, as seen in the prose works that were considered, nominated, and ultimately awarded, particularly novels by Marek Torčík (Rozložíš paměť - Memory Burn), Alena Machoninová (Hella), Petr Šesták (Vyhoření - Burnout), Alexej Sevruk (Evropanka - European), Petra Hůlová (Nejvyšší karta - The Highest Card), and Michal Kašpárek (Fosilie - Fossils). Much of the prose is so-called engaged, respond- ing to current topics of the day, such as feminism, the ecological threat, racism or queer issues. This literature tries to...
Bohemica Olomucensia 2025, 17(3):26-51 | DOI: 10.5507/bo.2025.005
The text discusses a trio of thematically related prose published in 2023, namely Klára Vlasáková's Těla (Bodies), Petra Hůlová's Nejvyšší karta (The Highest Card), and Radka Denemarková's Čokoládová krev (Chocolate Blood). These texts are presented, and compared mainly with regard to their social appeal, especially their interest in gender and feminist issues; however, their language and style are also taken into account. In addition to the similarities (all of the texts are à la these; the fact that all of them in some way point to the persistent differences in the power and economic status of men and women), more significant conceptual differences...
Bohemica Olomucensia 2025, 17(3):52-65 | DOI: 10.5507/bo.2026.003
The study deals with the issue of the depiction of the Sudetenland in contemporary Czech prose production. Using the examples of Leoš Kyša's Sudetenland and Pavel Šuba's Klíč k Morgenlandu (The Key to Morgenland), it shows two different ways of treating the theme of the coexistence of Czechs and Germans in Czechoslovakia. The article compares a detective story set against the backdrop of counterfactual history with a narrative about the fictional characters' search for their roots in the historically authentic environment of the Moravian-Silesian Sudetenland. Set in border area of Czech Republic in 1990s, through Sudetland Kyša offers sceptical view...
Bohemica Olomucensia 2025, 17(3):66-85 | DOI: 10.5507/bo.2026.004
This study presents a literary analysis and interpretation of Hella (2023), the prose debut by Alena Machoninová. Positioned at the interface of biography, (auto)fiction, and the literary essay, the analysed text is examined as a complex reflection on memory, trauma, and identity, particularly within the context of the 20th-century totalitarian experience. Primary attention is given to a specific narrative strategy that productively merges a historical documentary base with the narrator's lyricized subjectivity. The study explores how Machoninová employs motifs of identity, naming, and linguistic "transfer" to articulate the experience of the Other,...
Bohemica Olomucensia 2025, 17(3):86-99 | DOI: 10.5507/bo.2026.002
Autofiction could be perceived as a specific poetic expression symptomatic for the first quarter of the 21st century, reflecting the place of an individual in present complex world. Authors react through their texts by opening personal questions and themes in individualized post-industrial society, literary searching for one's identity, sometimes overlapping to committed poetic expression based on personal story with ambition to create a manifesto or became an actant of social and cultural debate. This text deals with Marek Torčík's Rozložíš paměť (Memory Burn) which received positive critical responses of Czech literary critics, also won domestic...
Bohemica Olomucensia 2025, 17(3):100-129 | DOI: 10.5507/bo.2026.005
The study aims to analyse two prose texts. The lyrical-epic ballabile Bratři Biglinové na dvojskifu (The Biglin Brothers on a double skiff) by J. A. Pitínský and the novel Canto ostinato by Pavel Kolmačka. These are texts by authors who do not focus solely on writing fiction. J. A. Pitínský is known primarily as a playwright and theater director. Pavel Kolamčka is a respected and acclaimed poet. Both texts are connected by the emphasis on the method of processing. Both focus on writing. Pitínsky's text even has writing as its main theme. Kolmačka's novel analyses several themes. But the most important is the searching for one's place in the world in...
Bohemica Olomucensia 2025, 17(3):130-143 | DOI: 10.5507/bo.2025.027
This study follows previous systematic interest in (not only) literary diaries of Vladimír Novotný, however, concerning literary diaries, also authors as: Rudolf Suchý, Zdeněk Kožmín, Petr Kukal, or from foreign literary production for example Rudolf Dilong. The text is concerned with the last two diaristic books of Vladimír Novotný - Týdny v tusculu (Weeks in Tusculum) and Týdny a dny (Weeks and Days). It draws on previously acquired knowledge utilized in reviews concerning Novotný's work, the study focusing on fictional/literary ego-document, and additional (unfortunately not extensive) critical response to Novotný's literary diaries. This study...
Bohemica Olomucensia 2025, 17(3):144-153 | DOI: 10.5507/bo.2026.001
The study deals with analysis of two contemporary Czech collections of poems - Na cestu zpět si zapínám skryté titulky (For the return trip I am turning on the hidden subtitles) by Elena Pecenová and Ondřej Krystyník's Dům U Orobinců (House by Typha). Both authors representing distinct but noticeable poetic approaches were nominated for The Jiří Orten Award in 2024. Pecenová connects her work with visual art and digital aesthetic, her poetry reflects identity in the digital environment and simulacra. On the other hand, Krystyník uses motifs of path, new ruralism, and spiritual reflection while fusing existential searching with humorous self-reflection....
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