PT Journal
AU Galmiche, X
TI Jan Cep: What Ruralism? Some Comparisons Between "Cep's Writing" and Francophone Tradition
SO Bohemica Olomucensia
PY 2015
BP 19
EP 27
VL 7
IS 2
DI 10.5507/bo.2015.013
DE Jan Cep's literary works; ruralism; French writers; rural narrative
AB The study attempts to compare Jan Cep's literary work with francophone "ruralist" authors (mainly Henri Pourrat, but also Jean Giono, Henri Bosco, Swiss Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz - he was in direct contact with several of them before his emigration to France and during his exile). Although they share many features typical of rural narrative (a lyrical evocation of natural elements, drastic viewing of psychological and social dramas), Cep distances himself very clearly from the temptations of a pagan vision that brought this group closer to a cultural programme of the conservative, even reactionary France. This distance can be partly explained by Cep's temperament, but also reflects the Czech tradition of rural literature.
ER