PT Journal
AU Janousek, P
TI THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. LITERARY REFLECTIONS OF ASSASSINATION AND MURDER AS A SOCIAL GESTURE
SO Bohemica Olomucensia
PY 2022
BP 106
EP 135
VL 14
IS 1
DI 10.5507/bo.2022.006
DE Political assassinations; Alois Rasin; politicisation of literature; Viktor Dyk; Stanislav Lom; Jiri Wolker; Jaroslav Hilbert; Ivan Olbracht; Vitezslav Nezval; Vladislav Vancura
AB The study is devoted to the topic of the assassination of the prominent politician and the Minister of Finance of the newly established Czechoslovak Republic, Alois Rasin (1867-1923). The author traces the reflection of this event in contemporary journalism, literary works and drama, describes the way in which authors portrayed it depending on their political orientation and their relationship to the ideas of the First Republic. In addition to the depiction of the assassination itself, the authors discussed the question of whether a violent solution is a justifiable method of political struggle.
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