<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper discusses Romantic imagination in two, relatively distant, national literatures. The first part is concerned with the problems comparative literature has faced in recent decades. In the second part, the work of two Slovak Romantic writers, Ján Kollár and Janko Kráľ, is compared to the poetry of Lord Gordon Byron and William Wordsworth. By identifying certain affinities between the discussed literary works, the authors point to the importance of the concept of national literature which has not lost its role even in contemporary literary studies.</p></abstract>

The paper discusses Romantic imagination in two, relatively distant, national literatures. The first part is concerned with the problems comparative literature has faced in recent decades. In the second part, the work of two Slovak Romantic writers, Ján Kollár and Janko Kráľ, is compared to the poetry of Lord Gordon Byron and William Wordsworth. By identifying certain affinities between the discussed literary works, the authors point to the importance of the concept of national literature which has not lost its role even in contemporary literary studies.

Romantic imagination in a comparative perspective: English and Slovak Romantic literature

Journal of Language and Cultural Education

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The paper discusses Romantic imagination in two, relatively distant, national literatures. The first part is concerned with the problems comparative literature...

Romantic imagination in a comparative perspective: English and Slovak Romantic literature

Published Online: Nov 08, 2016

Page range: 288 - 298

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jolace-2016-0037

Keywords
Romanticism, national literature, postcolonial literature, English, Slovak

© 2016 Anton Pokrivčák et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Romantic imagination in a comparative perspective: English and Slovak Romantic literature

Published Online: Nov 08, 2016

Page range: 288 - 298

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jolace-2016-0037

KeywordsRomanticism, national literature, postcolonial literature, English, Slovak

© 2016 Anton Pokrivčák et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Romanticism, national literature, postcolonial literature, English, Slovak