Zu den Beziehungen zwischen der tschechischen und slowakischen Volksdichtung

Abstract

The long development of comparative research into folk poetry has clearly shown that the relationships between the traditions of individual nations cannot be expressed by a single formula, that these ties and relationships are complex and exhibit many nuances.

The presented work aims to outline a typology of shades of Czech and Slovak folk literature as a model of these various relationships. It is based primarily on the interethnic situation of both traditions; this is characterized by several circumstances: (1) first of all, these are two neighboring nations that have a long border of contact; (2) these nations have a linguistically and ethnically related culture; (3) at the same time, however, they are partly neighboring other nations, which also places folk literature in different and distinct contexts.