„Nám vaše píseň zní sladce.“ Vavákova odpověď na Zpěv k svátku Jana Nejedlého, doktora práv a cís. král. řádného a veřejného profesora literatury české na starožitných vysokých školách pražských

Abstract

The study compares two Czech language occasional compositions from the beginning of the 19thcentury: the text of a congratulatory cantata composed in 1811 in honour of Jan Nejedlý, professorof Czech language and literature at Prague University, by Václav Hanka, a student at PragueUniversity and a representative of the second generation of the Czech National Revival, and a responseto the cantata in verse by František Jan Vavák, a farmer well versed in literature and rootedin the traditions of the Czech Baroque patriotism. The study investigates the agreements and differencesin the two author’s views on basic questions about past, present, and further directionsin Czech culture.