Czech Literary Realism

The present diploma thesis aims to monitor the extent of Czech literary realism. It builds upon previous bachelor's thesis work, further developing presented findings by extending them using data on re-editions of realistic works which were followed up to the year 1948. It uses the database of the National Library of the Czech Republic, and the resulting data is clearly presented in tables. The thesis result is a graphical visualization depicting the magnitude of the production of Czech literary realism from the beginning of the second half of the 19th century until 1948. The primary sources to be analyzed are literary-historical monographs, specifically "Průvodce po dějinách české literatury" (Guide to the History of Czech Literature, 1984), "Česká literatura od počátku k dnešku" (Czech literature from beginning to today, 1998) and "Trvání v proměně" (Duration in Transition) by Aleš Haman (2010).