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(1):12-33 | DOI: 10.5507/bo.2025.001
The manifesto published by Literární skupina (Literary Group) in 1922 attempted to synthesize and reinterpret numerous concepts appearing in the critical discourse of the early 1920s; among them, classicism and primitivism represented the desire for a new form of social poetry. These two directives were present in the young criticism as lessons of simplification and a sense of reality, as evidenced by the texts of Karel Teige and other critics in the circle of Devětsil. As a part of discussion with Devětsil on new/proletarian art, František Götz and Literární skupina promulgated the synthesis of classicism and primitivism in the manifesto. But subsequent...
Bohemica Olomucensia 2025, 17(1):34-55 | DOI: 10.5507/bo.2025.029
The study presents how the first president of Czechoslovakia, T. G. Masaryk, was portrayed in daily newspapers' Sunday sections for children in the interwar period. By comparing two diverse periodicals - Našim dětem from Naše politika and Tribuna mládeže from Tribuna - the author shows how these sections depicted Masaryk as a fatherly and self-sacrificing figure, as well as a leader and a liberator of the nation. In addition, they used similar motifs and narratives, for example, emphasizing his simple origins, his hard work and devotion to the country. Masaryk was presented as a role model for young readers, with the objective of fostering civic engagement...
Bohemica Olomucensia 2025, 17(1):56-83 | DOI: 10.5507/bo.2025.012
This study examines literary and personal reflections on the period of the 1950s in the Zábrana family, focusing on three key texts: Ohlédnutí (1994) by Jiřina Zábranová, Celý život (1992) by Jan Zábrana, and Flashky (2014) by Eva Zábranová. These works offer a unique opportunity to look at the same decade through the eyes of three generations. Based on Philippe Lejeune's concept of the diary as "anti-fiction", Jan Patočka's concept of reflexivity, and Paul Ricœur's triple mimesis, this study outlines how each of the texts mentioned transforms personal experience into a testimony of time. Jiřina Zábranová's memoir documents the brutal realities...
Bohemica Olomucensia 2025, 17(1):84-103 | DOI: 10.5507/bo.2025.004
The deteriorating publishing conditions in the period that followed after the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968 had far-reaching consequences. As early as the spring of 1969, publishing executives were altering editorial plans and removing politically problematic titles. In January 1970, a new censorship body was established at the Ministry of Culture of the Czechoslovak Republic, and the hitherto unclear censorship criteria began to take on concrete features. Several books that had already been printed but the Ministry forbade their distribution, they fell victim to this censorship. This harsh censorship practice also affected two books...
Bohemica Olomucensia 2025, 17(1):104-127 | DOI: 10.5507/bo.2025.013
Although the term of magical realism has been used since the 1920s, it still seems to be somewhat contradictory and not fully understood. The present study deals, in its introduction, with the nature of the concept of magical realism in the context of literary criticism. Afterwards the study explores the phenomenon of magical realism in contemporary Czech prose, analysing its manifestations in the works of Antonín Bajaja, Anna Cima, Daniela Hodrová, Jáchym Topol, Miroslav Hlaučo, Markéta Pilátová, and Michal Ajvaz - special attention is paid to specific narrative strategies, particularly the blending of temporal planes and the interweaving of reality...
Bohemica Olomucensia 2025, 17(1):128-153 | DOI: 10.5507/bo.2025.030
The study attempts to place Karin Lednická's trilogy Šikmý kostel (The Leaning Church) within the framework of literary traumatology. This concept is understood as a flexible set of approaches that take into account memory, displacement, and collective experiences of suffering. Rather than focusing on primary textual analysis, the study draws from the novels' reception, which allows for an examination of their social effects. A key element is the vanished landscape of the town of Karviná, which functions as a medium of traumatic memory and a site of symbolic significance. The fictional narrative transforms memory traces into narratives that help shape...
Bohemica Olomucensia 2025, 17(1):154-181 | DOI: 10.5507/bo.2025.014
The essay "Head-working Literature and Digital Communication" examines the transformation of literary communication in the era of digitization and new media. The author observes how technological developments are fundamentally changing the relationship between writing, reading, and the perception of literature in the context of a broader cultural shift from paper media to the digital environment. He shows that, just as theater responded to the advent of new technologies by oscillating between technical innovation and a return to authentic forms of human presence, literature also finds itself between two poles ‒ between the printed book as a symbol...
Bohemica Olomucensia 2025, 17(1):182-205 | DOI: 10.5507/bo.2025.010
The aim of the transdisciplinary case study is to analyse how the topic of abortion is captured in the novel Bílá Voda by Kateřina Tučková and how it is interpreted in the discourse of the author's media interviews. The novel characters Agnieszka, Maciek, Lena, sister Evarista, a Polish priest, and priest Stauber took a position on abortion in internal monologues or verbal statements; they use explicitly naturalistic arguments against abortion. The ideological message of the novel is unequivocally and repeatedly pro-life. In her media interviews though, the author declares that she rejects the Catholic church's stance on a woman's right to make decisions...
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