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Abstract: Anton Schott (1866-1945) is one of the forgotten German authors of Šumava. He was very popular in his time - he wrote readable rural novels and stories from the Šumava region. In the style of rural literature (Heimatliteratur), readers familiarize themselves with the hard life of the mountain dwellers and at the same time with the beauty of the mountain nature. The plot of his prose is intricate, the texts are suspenseful (murders are not lacking in the stories) and full of emotions (unhappy love is a frequent theme). Schott sets his stories either in the present or draws themes from history - for example, he deals with the fate of the Chods (the ethnic group living in the area around the towns of Domažlice, Tachov and Přimda) or the Králováci (settlers of the Šumava region, mostly of German nationality). In some of his works, he also depicts conflicts between Czechs and Germans in the borderlands. His approach to the issues is often nationalistic. His texts are epigonal - they follow the outstanding representatives of rural literature (Heimatliteratur) and borderland literature (Grenzlandliteratur) (F. Mauthner, K. H. Strobl, P. Rosegger) and the great author of the Šumava literature A. Stifter. The article aims at introducing A. Schott to the reader - it focuses on his life and work, especially on the depiction of national issues in his work. |
