Published: 2010-12-01

The Columns of Jiri Handk in the Time oj Electronic Communication

Bohuslav Hoffmann

Abstract

The paper deals with a well-known genre of joumals and newspapers - the column. The analysis of morę than 100 columns of Jiri Hai k (from the years 2006-2010) resulted in a conclusion that this Czech ioumalist (writing for an independent newspaper Pravo) is a successor of the best representa" ves of Czech democratic joumalism, Kareł Havllćek Borovsk> and Kareł Ćapek. A ffequent topie of a political writer J. Hanak is the conflict bctwcen the European integration and nationalism. His columns and other texts are marked b> a rich vocabulary, numerous metaphors based on an outstanding knowledge of history, by a sarcastic irony and extraordinary elaborated intertextual dimension.

Keywords:

column, irony, intertextual dimension, metaphors, journalistic style

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Hoffmann, B. (2010). The Columns of Jiri Handk in the Time oj Electronic Communication. Stylistyka, 19, 111–118. Retrieved from https://czasopisma.uni.opole.pl/index.php/s/article/view/3522

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