Remembering the Manuscripts. The Manuscript of Dvůr Králové and the Manuscript of Zelená Hora in Memoirs
| Pages | 52–62 |
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| Type of Article | Matiční listy |
| Citation | DOBIÁŠ, Dalibor. Remembering the Manuscripts. The Manuscript of Dvůr Králové and the Manuscript of Zelená Hora in Memoirs. Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae – Historia litterarum. Prague: National Museum, 2017, 62(3-4), 52–62. ISSN 2570-6861 (Print), 2570-687X (Online). Also available from: https://publikace.nm.cz/en/periodicals/amnphl/62-3-4/remembering-the-manuscripts-the-manuscript-of-dvur-kralove-and-the-manuscript-of-zelena-hora-in-memoirs |
In the memoir literature developed in the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, the Manuscript of Dvůr Králové and the Manuscript of Zelená Hora represented unique figures of memory as works of art and attacked and defended symbols of the historical roots of the Czech nation. In memoirs, in particular by Czech writers and participants in the disputes over the manuscripts, they thus appeared in at least three forms: as a means of national initiation; as a subject of defence that integrated the nation (actually also in the contrasting reflections of some German-Czech authors); finally, after T. G. Masaryk’s revelation of their origin, as the basis of the new, critical identity of the Czech nation. Apart from the factual value of these memoirs in comparison with the press, correspondence and other sources, especially concerning private information, attention should also be paid to conflicts between individual approaches to the two manuscripts and their multilayered identities as well as narrative procedures as an instrument to overcome associated conflict points of the past.
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