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story of a „small
man“, „antihero“, „timidity“
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history of the
traumatic developments of the 20th century in Czechoslovakia – a
metaphor for the
human condition
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issue of morality;
issue of sycophancy, issue of integration
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grotesqueness – to
signify alienation
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changing structures
of „large history“ signify that the world is not a place
fit for living
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renuncation of the
world = > taoism
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stylistic features :
„hurling himself into intensity“, oral aspects, attention to „charismatic
events“. peculiarisation. Technique of collage, juxtaposition of incongurous
images. Tweeness of the „old world“.