“Man reckons with immortality, and forgets to reckon with death.” Immortality by Milan Kundera In 1990, the last Czech-written novel called ‘Immortality’ by the most famous modern Czech author Milan Kundera was published in France. What does it mean to be immortal? What does the word ‘immortality’ actually mean? Can people be immortal? Kundera presents […]Read More
The History of its Creation Turgenev first thought of creating a new work describing reality when he was on the Isle of Wight, in England. There he conceived a major story, the hero of which should be a young doctor. The prototype of Bazarov came from a young doctor, who Turgenev met while traveling by […]Read More
Every genre, subgenre, narrative style and plot device in the history of literature had to start somewhere, and usually that somewhere is with a man, or several men. So to switch things up a bit, I thought I’d seek out some of the genres and styles of literature that were thought of or written by […]Read More
“The Sad End of Policarpo Quaresma”, published in its entirety in 1915, is one of the greatest classics in Brazilian literature. With easy-to-understand writing and a satirical atmosphere, the book tells the story of Policarpo Quaresma, a dreamer and a nationalist who does everything for what he believes to be the best for Brazil, his […]Read More
Nikolai Vasilyevich came to St. Petersburg, still a young man dreaming of transforming the world. When he reached St Petersburg, he collided with the reality of the big city. His plan was to become a lawyer in order to improve the lives of the people there. However, the young man soon understood that this was […]Read More
Arabic, one of the most spoken languages in the world, with over 400 million native speakers around the world, and the official language in 22 countries, is also the most important language for Muslims. It is considered the most important language to Muslims because the Quran was revealed to Prophet Mohammed (which is the prophet […]Read More
There are plenty of news articles from numerous Indonesian websites stating that Bahasa Indonesia (the Indonesian language) is easy to understand. On YouTube, there are also a lot of foreigners staying in Indonesia who say the same thing, that Bahasa Indonesia is easy to understand. Take an example like Jan & Lucas – who run […]Read More
Internationally, Milan Kundera is possibly the most famous Czech writer of all time. His books, which include titles such as The Joke, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Immortality, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting or Laughable Loves, have become Czech classics and global bestsellers. Despite his enormous fame in the Czech Republic, his attitude towards […]Read More
Why did Chichikov want to buy dead souls? Why did Gogol burn the second book? All of these questions have been pondered by philologists for a long time, and the time has come to share these facts with you, as well as see how Czechs see Russian classic literature. Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol is a widely […]Read More
Remember your foreign language class? The teacher boring you with grammar rules and short term memory drills. To pass the class you succumbed to this, not actually learning how to communicate. In the end, you were glad to drop the class to forget everything, thus learning nothing. Frustrating experiences in school lead to sayings like […]Read More
