In search of adventure: Ladislav Mikeš Parízek, a Czech in the Congo

Authors

  • Martina Vitácková Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4314/tvl.v46i1.29847

Keywords:

Czech literature, Belgian Congo, colonialism, communism, the Other, Ladislav Mikeš Parízek

Abstract

Ladislav Mikeš Parízek’s books, articles and lectures had a large impact on the image of the Congo as it existed in communist Czechoslovakia from the 1940s till the 1970s, but this Czech traveller and writer has almost been forgotten. Through an analysis of his works and of reviews of these works published in newspapers of the 1950s, the nature of the African discourse as it was created in communist Eastern Europe, as well as the (mis)use of this discourse by the ruling party, is revealed. Special attention will be paid to the illustrations accompanying his books, articles and lectures.

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Author Biography

  • Martina Vitácková, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic

    Martina Vitácková is junior lecturer in the Dutch Department of Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic.

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Published

2009-04-01

Issue

Vol. 46 No. 1 (2009)

Section

Research articles

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Copyright (c) 2009 Tydskrif vir Letterkunde

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How to Cite

Vitácková, M. (2009). In search of adventure: Ladislav Mikeš Parízek, a Czech in the Congo. Tydskrif Vir Letterkunde, 46(1), 167-178. https://doi.org/10.4314/tvl.v46i1.29847