„A Spring in Prague“ or Conflits – Parallels – Interaction : Notes on a German-Czech Context at the Beginning of the 20th Century

Abstract

Based on the analysis of Paul Leppin’s early critical activity the study outlines a possible approach of Czech literary-historical studies towards the relationships between the Czech and German modernist movements in the Czech lands. Focusing the work of the so-called Frühlingsgeneration the article also discusses the methodological aspects that the interpretation of the concepts of context and cultural interaction provides for literary history.

Keywords

• Czech Modernism
• German-speaking Modernist Movement in the Czech Lands
• Czech-German Cultural Relationships
• Paul Leppin
• Camill Hoffmann
• literary criticism
• literary context
• cultural interaction