Karel Matěj Čapek Chod and Czech naturalism

This work illustrates the direction of naturalism and its' problematic achievements in Czech literature. The work is concentrated around Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod, who was one of the greatest representatives of this literary style. On the basis of literary analysis of his three novels (Kašpar Lén mstitel, Turbina, Antonín Vondrejc), the paper describes and depicts Čapek-Chod's comprehension of naturalism. Keywords Naturalism, naturalistic novel, prose, K. M. Čapek-Chod, Kašpar Lén mstitel, Turbina, Antonín Vondrej