Doctoral Research at the Department of Czech and Comparative Literature at Charles University in Prague

The prehistory of comparative literary studies in the Czech Lands dates back at least to the end of the 18th century, in particular to the figure of the Slavic philologist Josef Dobrovský. Comparative literature began to be taught as a discipline at Charles University in 1893, when the poet, trans...

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Autors principals: Šebek, Josef, Hrdlička, Josef
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Idioma:Anglais
Publicat: TRANS- 2025
Accés en línia:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sumari:The prehistory of comparative literary studies in the Czech Lands dates back at least to the end of the 18th century, in particular to the figure of the Slavic philologist Josef Dobrovský. Comparative literature began to be taught as a discipline at Charles University in 1893, when the poet, translator and essayist Jaroslav Vrchlický was appointed the first professor of Western European comparative literature at the Faculty of Arts. The field was strongly linked to Romance studies. In 1916...