Personality and work of Gejza Vámoš in historical, social and linguistic context

My thesis decribes the historical and politi cal situation in Czechoslovakia between 1918 and 1956, as illustrated in a life story of first Jewish - Slovak author Gejza Vámoš. On a historical and linquistic background I follow the most important moments ofhis work. Following the ideas of a formal literary critisism starting in the early years of Czechoslovakia coming to the controversary formulations of recent critics. I also try to formulate the rules of judging Vamoš' s expressionist style and language in close relation to his specific situation in the "literary playground". The very important role in understanding the specific features of his "asimilated jewish mentality" is part of historical section of my work. The relating unit of whole work is tragic life story of doctor Gejza Vámoš. My work is devided in four main parts. In the first part of my work I have tried to reveal the mystery of very complicated and strong personality of Gejza Vámoš. Folloving part of his correspondence with Hana Gregorova uncovers part of his friendly and unknown personality and understanding for his close ones. In second part of my work I am trying to put in a global context historical moments of Jewish inhabitants of Slovak area in the beginning of era of Czechoslovakia. I examine the moments of uniting the "diaspora" by...V centru pozornosti mé diplomové práce stojí osobnost Gejzy Vámoše a jeho literární činnost. Chci poukázat na rozporuplné názory a hodnocení slovenské literární kritiky. Dokumentovat netradičnost a šíři V ámošovy osobnosti i na historicko-společenském pozadí v meziválečném období na Slovensku. V následujícím textu prezentuji vybrané názory slovenské literární kritiky. Interpretuji Vámošovu literární tvorbu s přesahem do oblasti historicko-kulturní a jazykovědné.Institute of Slavonic and East European StudiesÚstav slavistických a východoevropských studiíFilozofická fakultaFaculty of Art