16 min

Lit_cast Slovakia #2: Rajendra Chitnis Lit_cast Slovakia

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In our second Lit_Cast Slovakia, Rajendra Chitnis talks to Julia Sherwood about teaching Czech and Slovak in the UK, why Vladimír Mečiar was good for Slovak literature and Franz Kafka is the biggest problem for literatures of small European countries. Also: is knowledge of history needed to understand older Slovak literature and would the world think as highly of Milan Kundera if Ján Johanides had been translated into English.

In our second Lit_Cast Slovakia, Rajendra Chitnis talks to Julia Sherwood about teaching Czech and Slovak in the UK, why Vladimír Mečiar was good for Slovak literature and Franz Kafka is the biggest problem for literatures of small European countries. Also: is knowledge of history needed to understand older Slovak literature and would the world think as highly of Milan Kundera if Ján Johanides had been translated into English.

16 min