PT Journal
AU Sladek, O
TI Darkening into Loneliness. Zdenek Kozmin's Bubacci
SO Bohemica Olomucensia
PY 2023
BP 58
EP 72
VL 14
IS 3
DI 10.5507/bo.2022.032
DE Zdenek Kozmin; Czech literary criticism; Czech literature; Diary; Old Age; Time
AB The study deals with three book collections from the diaries of the Czech literary scholar and pedagogue Zdenek Kozmin (1925-2007). The first book, Struktury (1995), contains his diary entries from 1975-1989, i.e. from the period of normalisation when he taught at a secondary school. The second book, entitled Obtisky (1998), covers the period 1990-1997. The study also includes a reflection on the reception of Kozmin's first two books by literary critics. The core of the study is the description and analysis of the third diary, which is titled Bubacci. It contains Kozmin's diary entries from 1998-2002. The main thematic line of the book is Kozmin's coping with the illness and death of his wife Drahomira, and his rendering of this reality oscillates between intimate confession and testimony. The study also deals with other themes that are important to Kozmin and related to his reflection on his old age.
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