Nezvalova gotická i surrealistická Valérie

Abstract

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1932) by Vítězslav Nezval represents a unique attempt of merging the tradition of the Gothic novel with modern Czech avant-garde literature. Valerie and Her Week of Wonders is examined in detail with regards to both contexts (and not only to them). The study reveals and interprets specific poetic devices, both formal and thematic, used by the author in order to distort the poetics of the Gothic novel to an extent that it can be metamorphized into a fully surrealist literary artwork.

Keywords

• gotický román
• surrealismus
• Valérie a týden divů
• Vítězslav Nezval
• parodie
• sen