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Post by Sir Alexandreu Davinescu on Sept 17, 2012 14:33:28 GMT -6
I did not start this class, as there was insufficient interest at the time. I most recently taught wiki-editing, instead.
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Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă
Puisne (Associate) Justice of the Uppermost Court
Fraichetz dels punts, es non dels mürs
Posts: 4,063 
Talossan Since: 9-23-2012
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Post by Dr. Txec dal Nordselvă on Sept 17, 2012 15:38:34 GMT -6
If you ever decide to offer t again, sign me up!
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ián txáglh
člověk/doutetoca/crastiun
Posts: 500
Talossan Since: 6-27-2012 (or earlier)
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Post by ián txáglh on Sept 18, 2012 0:59:10 GMT -6
Wow, there seems to be more interest than I thought. Wouldn't Czechs say that he was a Czech writer? Yes, of course. I was sloppy - he was Czech, but he wrote in German. Thank you. nice example on how fuzzy the word "nationality" is  of course kafka was of german ethnicity, german-writing, but he was of till 1918 citizen of austro-hungarian empire, then citizen of czechoslovak republic. he spoke also czech, cos that was a necessity in prague. we could make it even more complicate, if we introduce him to be of jewish origin  if we say, that he was a prague writer of the turn of XX. century, we are on a safe side  welcome to the central europe. |
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Üc R. Tärfâ
Talossan since 3-8-2005
Deputy Fiôván Secretary of State
Posts: 760
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Post by Üc R. Tärfâ on Sept 18, 2012 6:04:50 GMT -6
Wow, there seems to be more interest than I thought. Yes, of course. I was sloppy - he was Czech, but he wrote in German. Thank you. nice example on how fuzzy the word "nationality" is of course kafka was of german ethnicity, german-writing, but he was of till 1918 citizen of austro-hungarian empire, then citizen of czechoslovak republic. he spoke also czech, cos that was a necessity in prague. we could make it even more complicate, if we introduce him to be of jewish origin if we say, that he was a prague writer of the turn of XX. century, we are on a safe side welcome to the central europe. Or simply put, he was a k.u.k. Staatsbürger. And that's explain everything: there's no contradiction. As Trotta once said: "Gott erhalte!" . BTW: Trotta would have certainly been there to sing it for the last time, the last farewell to the only world he understood (while crying for the fact that the funeral was a sort of tourist-attraction). |
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