In the newly founded Czechoslovak Republic, cultural diversity and lively exchange with the international art scene flourished, from the avant-garde of Poetismus and Surrealism to psychological and socially critical novels, and on to prose and poetry shaped by Christian thought. As elsewhere in Europe, the economic crisis and the threat posed by German National Socialism brought existential undertones into literature. A lecture on authors such as Karel Čapek, Jan Čep, Jaroslav Hašek and Jaroslav Seifert.

Literature of the Interwar Period (1918–1938)

Nov 11, 2026

Literature of the Interwar Period (1918–1938)

Literature of the Interwar Period (1918–1938)