Michal Peprník

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Michal Peprník

Michal Peprník (born January 9, 1960 in Kroměříž ) is a Czech Americanist and lecturer in American literature at the Palacký University in Olomouc .

Life

He is a son of Jaroslav Peprník. From 1992–1993 he taught Czech literature at the Institute for Slavic Languages ​​at the University of Glasgow. He received his habilitation in 2003.

Peprník heads the Department of Literature at the Institute of English and American Studies and is secretary of the Czech and Slovak Association for American Studies . He is also the main coordinator of the International Olomouc Americanist Colloquium.

His research focuses on 19th century literature and culture, American postmodernism, fantastic literature, and Czech literature translated into English. In his critical work he mainly deals with the novels of the American writer James F. Coopers .

Publications

  • Dětský hrdina v díle JD Salingera (1984)
  • Motif metamorfózy v díle Jamese Hogga, RL Stevensona a George MacDonalda (1995)
  • Směry literární interpretace XX.století / texty, komentáře (2000, 2005)
  • Metamorfóza jako kulturní metafora [Metamorphosis as a Cultural Metaphor] (2004)
  • Topos lesa v americké literatuře . Brno: host. 2005 ISBN 80-7294-153-4
  • Literature as a Political Tool? (2003)
  • The Place of the Other: the Dark Forest (2003)
  • Fenomén Bercovitch aneb jak dobý (í) t Ameriku (2003)
  • Democratic Ideals in American Popular Culture and Literature (2004)
  • Podstatný hybrid (2004)
  • Z Krvavé komnaty k Černé Venuši (review, 2004)
  • Moravian Origins of JF Cooper's Indians (2004)
  • Cooper's Indians: Typology and Function (2005)
  • Cesta amerického románu k romantickým asociacím a mýtu (2007)
  • Henry James jako literární criticism (2008)

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personal data
SURNAME Peprník, Michal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech Americanist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Kroměříž