RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Janoušek, Pavel
T1 THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. LITERARY REFLECTIONS OF ASSASSINATION AND MURDER AS A SOCIAL GESTURE
JF Bohemica Olomucensia
YR 2022
VO 14
IS 1
SP 106
OP 135
DO 10.5507/bo.2022.006
UL https://bohemica.upol.cz/artkey/boh-202201-0006.php
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 Rašín (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.