"What governs life": Švankmajer's Faust in Prague

DRÁBEK, Pavel, Dan NORTH and Pascale AEBISCHER. "What governs life": Švankmajer's Faust in Prague. Shakespeare Bulletin. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011, roč. 29, č. 4, p. 525-542. ISSN 0748-2558. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/shb.2011.0065.

Basic information

• Original name: "What governs life": Švankmajer's Faust in Prague
• Name in Czech: "Co vládne světu": Švankmajerův Faust v Praze
• Authors: DRÁBEK, Pavel (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Dan NORTH (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and Pascale AEBISCHER (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland).
• Edition: Shakespeare Bulletin, Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011, 0748-2558.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: Literature, mass media, audio-visual activities
• Country of publisher: United States of America
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/11:00049512
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/shb.2011.0065
• Keywords (in Czech): Christopher Marlowe; Jan Švankmajer; loutkové divadlo; české divadlo; český film
• Keywords in English: Christopher Marlowe; Jan Švankmajer; marionette theatre; Czech theatre; Czech film
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

An article on Jan Švankmajer's 1994 film Lekce Faust with a contextual introduction to Švankmajer's films, contemporary Czech politics and society, Elizabethan drama and the tradition of Czech marionette theatre.

Abstract (in Czech)

Odborná studie a filmu Jana Švankmajera Lekce Faust (1994) s kontextuálním úvodem do Švankmajerových filmů, soudobé české politiky a společnosti, alžbětinského dramatu a tradice českého loutkového divadla.

Links

• GA405/08/1223, research and development project: Name: Kontinentální přesahy Shakespearova díla

Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Continental Intersections of Shakespeare 's Works

• KJB901640501, research and development project: Name: Elektronická knihovna novějších překladů anglických dramat

Investor: Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

• KJB9164305, research and development project: Name: Elektronická knihovna překladů anglických dramat

Investor: Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

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Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, National Academic Licence to Literature Online Fulltext Collection