Provider: GAČR (Czech Science Foundation)
Number: GAČR 20-15650S
Duration: 2020-2022
Principal Investigator: Robert Kolár (Institute of Czech Literature of the CAS)
Other participants from the Faculty of Arts: T. Bořil, J. Volín
Abstract:
This project focuses on early 20th century Czech poetry, and deals specifically with poets classified as
post-symbolists or “rebels” (K. Toman, V. Dyk, F. Šrámek a F. Gellner). For this project, we will analyze
the verse semantics and intonation of these authors’ texts. Verse semantics will be studied using
topic-modelling, accompanied throughout by close consideration of individual texts, namely their
history and specific context. Verse intonation will be experimentally analyzed on the corpus of sound
recordings compiled for this project and using modern statistical methods. The project is supported
by our collaboration with prominent local and international colleagues (the Institute of Phonetics at
the Faculty of Arts, Charles University; university departments in St. Petersburg and Tartu). Our
results will take the form of journal articles—published both domestically and abroad—as well as a
final monograph.