Edition
Slavjanski dialozi. Spisanie za slavjanski ezici, literaturi i kulturi, Plovdiv, Filologičeski fakultet Plovdivski universitet „Paisij Chilendarski“ 2019, 1312-5346
V originále
The study deals with characteristics of characters in the Czech absurd theatre of the 1960s, mainly in plays by Václav Havel, Ivan Klíma, Pavel Kohout, Milan Kundera, Miloš Macourek and Milan Uhde. The characters are most frequently depersonalized and their psychological characteristics is weakened to the advantage of fulfilling a mere function or social role. They adapt to conditions of a dehumanized mechanism forcing an individual to accept its absurd norms. From the point of view of the composition, especially notable characters are the so-called rebels who defy systemization of man, convict the absurd system of its mistakes and oppose serenity of their surroundings.
In Czech
Studie se zabývá charakteristikou postav v české absurdní dramatice šedesátých let 20. století, zejména v tvorbě Václava Havla, Ivana Klímy, Pavla Kohouta, Milana Kundery, Miloše Macourka a Milana Uhdeho. Nejčastěji jde o postavy odosobněné, jejichž psychologická charakteristika je oslabena ve prospěch plnění pouhé funkce nebo sociální role. Přizpůsobují se podmínkám odlidštěného mechanismu, jenž jedince nutí, aby přijal jeho absurdní normy. Z hlediska výstavby dramatického textu jsou pozoruhodné postavy tzv. rebelantů, které systemizaci člověka vzdorují, absurdní systém usvědčují z jeho omylů a stojí v opozici vůči poklidu svého okolí.
In English
The study deals with characteristics of characters in the Czech absurd theatre of the 1960s, mainly in plays by Václav Havel, Ivan Klíma, Pavel Kohout, Milan Kundera, Miloš Macourek and Milan Uhde. The characters are most frequently depersonalized and their psychological characteristics is weakened to the advantage of fulfilling a mere function or social role. They adapt to conditions of a dehumanized mechanism forcing an individual to accept its absurd norms. From the point of view of the composition, especially notable characters are the so-called rebels who defy systemization of man, convict the absurd system of its mistakes and oppose serenity of their surroundings.