Autobiografizm w prozie Jána Roznera – wybrane zagadnienia

Abstract

Autobiographism in Ján Rozner’s The paper focuses on autobiographical aspects of Ján Rozner’s prose, which was published in Slovakia after his death (2006), and soon became a great literary sensation. In three books: Sedem dní do pohrebu ( Seven Days to the Funeral , 2009), Noc po fronte ( The Night after the Front , 2010), Výlet na Devín ( The Trip to the Devín Castle , 2011) Rozner, a leading communist journalist and critic of the 1950s, then one of the active proponents of the Prague Spring’s de-mocratization process, thrown out of work and blacklisted after the Soviet invasion in Czecho-slovakia in 1968, finally in emigration in Germany after 1976 – combines individual problems with social and cultural issues making a specific interpretation of his own life, his intimate affairs and political choices. His writing can be considered as a kind of therapeutic process, especially the novel Seven Days to the Funeral , in which the author deals with death of his wife, Zora Jesenská, distinguished translator, mainly from the Russian literature. In the article the novel is interpreted as a literary attempt to cope with the pain caused by the great loss, but also as a kind of engaged, subjective reflection on history and politics with its devastating impact on people’s lives.