Literatura czeska i nowe media. Wprowadzenie do tematu

Czech Literature and the New Media The article revolves around the transformations of Czech literature and literary culture brought about by the introduction and dissemination of the new media and communication technologies (the Internet in particular) since the second half of the 1990s. The methodological framework of the study is the notion of remediation introduced by J.D. Bolter and adapted by the author for the purposes of historical and literary studies. The material in question is divided into two main areas: the first one is the Czech Internet community informed by many new opportunities for creation and presentation of literary texts (hypertext structures, literary forums, blogs); the second one is represented by texts published in traditional, printed form, yet clearly referring to new digital and media technologies (blog novel, e-mail novel, text message poems). The conclusion of the article presents a definition of the three fundamental mechanisms of mutual interaction between Czech literature and the Internet. (Translated from Czech by Małgorzata Kalita.