'I do not listen to what she tells me, though I hear what she does not say.' Narrative Techniques and Composition in Anna Blažíčková's Prose Works
2019
Abstract
This study analyzes narrative techniques, self-reflexive features and elements of composition in three published novels for adults by Anna Blažíčková: Woodbine, Now Something from Life, and Waiting in the Crowd. Picking up on the use of real names and events in Woodbine and Now Something from Life, reviews tend to emphasize the autobiographical dimension of these works.
This study aims to present a new perspective, focusing on Anna Blažíčková's work as a whole, thus revealing the full repertoire of elements and practices featured in the texts, as well as the self-contained world of her prose in which the sentient subject is inscribed.