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Kocourkov
In Czech culture, Kocourkov is a fictional place, whose inhabitants are attributed with doing various stupid things, similar to stories about other towns of fools: (how they sowed salt, how they dragged a bull to the church roof to graze the grass, etc.) Cecílie Havlíková, "O lidových humorkách zvláště kocourkovských", IKRAJSKÉ STŘEDISKO LIDOVÉHO UMĚNÍ VE STRÁŽNICI 1970 - ČÍSLO 3-4/ref> The name of the town derives from the word "Kocour", "tomcat" in Czech, so it literally means "Tomcat's. Ethnographer Cecílie Havlíková terms the "town of fools" stories as "Kocourkov stories" and classifies them into three categories. Some of them are "classic" stories present in nearly the same form in nearly every European culture. Others are adapted to the realities of a particular culture and thus may change quite considerably. The third category are tales peculiar only to a certain country and often only to a certain locality. She lists several other Czech and Slovak l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kocourkov Teachers
The Singers' Association of Kocourkov Teachers or the Kocourkov Teachers ( cs, Pěvecké sdružení učitelů kocourkovských (PSUK), Kocourkovští učitelé) were a Czech parody all-men's vocal group active during 1914–1959, with breaks, which enjoyed high popularity, both in the interwar Czechoslovakia, as well as in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, despite being frowned upon by the Communist powers in the latter. The name was a parody to the names of some teachers' singing groups, such as Singers’ Association of Moravian Teachers, and Kocourkov is a fictional Czech " town of fools". Despite the name nobody (with a brief exception) was a teacher.Káš, Svatopluk''Kocourkovští učitelé, jejich historie a tvorba'' Praha, Dokořán, 2008, The name of the town derives form the word ''kocour'', "tomcat", therefore they were informally referred to as ''Kocouři'' (Tomcats) and the cats featured on their posters. History The singing group was formed in 1914 by gymnasium s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
U Nás V Kocourkově
''U nás v Kocourkově'' is a 1934 Czechoslovak drama film, directed by Miroslav Cikán. It stars Jan Werich, Jindřich Plachta, and Václav Trégl. It was one of several films the director made with Werich, and features him as a convict. The film is largely set in a prison. Cast *Jan Werich as Ferdinand Kaplan - Convict no. 1313 *Jindřich Plachta as Jalovec - poacher *Václav Trégl as Ludvík Espandr - Barber *Zdeňka Baldová as Nykysová - widow *Ladislav Pešek as Dr. Nykys *Jaroslav Vojta as Mayor Adam * Hermína Vojtová as the Mayor's wife * Marie Tauberová as Blazenka *Svetla Svozilová as Lily - circus performer *Jaroslav Marvan as Director of prison *Stanislav Neumann as Prisoner in solitary confinement *Jaroslav Průcha as Detective *Jan Richter as Detective References External links''U nás v Kocourkově''at the Internet Movie Database IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ondřej Sekora
Ondřej Sekora (25 September 1899, Brno – 4 July 1967, Prague) was a Czech painter, illustrator, writer, journalist and entomologist. He is known mainly as an author of children books. Sekora was also one of the first propagators of rugby in Czechoslovakia.Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Complete Book of Rugby'' (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ) p66 Biography In 1919 he graduated from the gymnasium in Vyškov. Menclová (2005), p. 588 He then studied at the ''Faculty of Law'' of Masaryk University. From 1921 he worked as a sports editor, illustrator, reporter and commentator for ''Lidové noviny'' newspaper in Brno. In 1923 he married Markéta Kalabusová, but was divorced a year later. From 1929 to 1931 he studied privately as a pupil of Professor Arnošt Hofbauer. In 1927 the editorial office of ''Lidové noviny'' moved to Prague. Sekora married his second wife, Ludmila Roubíčková, in 1931. A year later she bore him a son, who was also named Ondřej. In 1941, during World War II, he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Towns Of Fools
A town of fools is the base of a number of joke cycles found in various cultures. Jokes of these cycles poke fun at the stupidity of the inhabitants of a real or fictional populated place (village, town, region, etc.). In English folklore the best known butt of jokes of this type are the Wise Men of Gotham. A number of works of satire are set in a town of fools. The '' Motif-Index of Folk-Literature'' includes the motif J1703: "Town (country) of fools". Archetypal fools by place of residence * Wise Men of Gotham hail from the village of Gotham, Nottinghamshire *German Schildbürger residents of fictitious – not the actual town of Schilda. Stories about them originated from a 1597 book ''Das Lalebuch'' about the residents of a fictional town of Laleburg *Greek residents of Abdera. The ''Philogelos'', a Greek-language joke book compiled in the 4th century AD, has a chapter dedicated to jokes about dumb Abderans. **Example: An Abderan sees a eunuch talking to a woman and ask ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Towns Of Fools
A town of fools is the base of a number of joke cycles found in various cultures. Jokes of these cycles poke fun at the stupidity of the inhabitants of a real or fictional populated place (village, town, region, etc.). In English folklore the best known butt of jokes of this type are the Wise Men of Gotham. A number of works of satire are set in a town of fools. The '' Motif-Index of Folk-Literature'' includes the motif J1703: "Town (country) of fools". Archetypal fools by place of residence * Wise Men of Gotham hail from the village of Gotham, Nottinghamshire *German Schildbürger residents of fictitious – not the actual town of Schilda. Stories about them originated from a 1597 book ''Das Lalebuch'' about the residents of a fictional town of Laleburg *Greek residents of Abdera. The ''Philogelos'', a Greek-language joke book compiled in the 4th century AD, has a chapter dedicated to jokes about dumb Abderans. **Example: An Abderan sees a eunuch talking to a woman and ask ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Kolář
Jiří Kolář (24 September 1914, Protivín – 11 August 2002, Prague) was a Czech poet, writer, painter and translator. His work included both literary and visual art. Life Kolář was born in Protivín on September 29, 1914, in a working-class environment. His father was a baker and his mother a seamstress, and he himself trained early in life as a cabinet maker (which cost him a finger). He later changed trades several times, working as a construction worker, security guard, and bartender, among other jobs. In 1943 he became a full-time writer while living and working in Kladno. He moved to the capital Prague in 1945 to work as an editor of the publishing house Družstvo Dílo. Kolář joined the Communist Party in 1945 but left the Party the same year. Because of his critical stance towards the regime he was not allowed to publish after communists took control in Czechoslovakia in 1948. He married Běla Helclová in 1949. When in 1952 police found his manuscript, ''P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joke Cycles
A joke is a display of humour in which words are used within a specific and well-defined narrative structure to make people laugh and is usually not meant to be interpreted literally. It usually takes the form of a story, often with dialogue, and ends in a punch line, whereby the humorous element of the story is revealed; this can be done using a pun or other type of word play, irony or sarcasm, logical incompatibility, hyperbole, or other means. Linguist Robert Hetzron offers the definition: It is generally held that jokes benefit from brevity, containing no more detail than is needed to set the scene for the punchline at the end. In the case of riddle jokes or one-liners, the setting is implicitly understood, leaving only the dialogue and punchline to be verbalised. However, subverting these and other common guidelines can also be a source of humour—the shaggy dog story is an example of an anti-joke; although presented as a joke, it contains a long drawn-out narrative o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan Knížák
Milan Knížák (; born 19 April 1940) is a Czech performance artist, sculptor, noise musician, installation artist, political dissident, graphic artist, art theorist and pedagogue of art associated with Fluxus. Biography Childhood and early life in the Protectorate and in the former Sudetenland (1940–1960) Milan Knizak is the son of the painter, musician and teacher of mathematics Karel Knížák from Doubravka u Plzně, nowadays part of the town Plzeň, and Julia Knížáková. The parents taught in Jarov (1932–1934) and later in Blovice close to Pilsen. Milan Knížák was born in Plzeň on 19 April 1940. In 1945, after the expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia the family moved to the Mariánské Lázně, a spa town in the former Sudetenland, close to the German border. There, his father played violin in a spa orchestra and Milan attended primary school, where he was interested in music and literature. He also took piano, trumpet and guitar lessons. Studies and beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Hiršal
Josef Hiršal (24 July 1920, Chomutičky – 15 September 2003, Prague) was a Czech author, poet and novelist. Hiršal was widely regarded as one of the most important Czech authors of experimental poetry; after early surrealistic writings, he made his literary debut with a collection of poems. Later on, he joined the group of artists around Jiří Kolář, a friend of whom he remained for his entire life and with whom he published children's books in the 1950s after having been forbidden any kind of work during the Soviet occupation. He later on signed the Charter 77. In the 1960s, Hiršal he started writing experimental poetry with partner, poet Bohumila Grögerová. The couple also co-authored several books and translated more than 180 works. Josef Hiršal built a reputation as a translator of foreign works into the Czech language, translating the works of, among others, Christian Morgenstern, Ernst Jandl, Eugène Ionesco, Wolfgang Hildesheimer, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czechoslovakia
, rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 = , s1 = Czech Republic , flag_s1 = Flag of the Czech Republic.svg , s2 = Slovakia , flag_s2 = Flag of Slovakia.svg , image_flag = Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg , flag = Flag of Czechoslovakia , flag_type = Flag(1920–1992) , flag_border = Flag of Czechoslovakia , image_coat = Middle coat of arms of Czechoslovakia.svg , symbol_type = Middle coat of arms(1918–1938 and 1945–1961) , image_map = Czechoslovakia location map.svg , image_map_caption = Czechoslovakia during the interwar period and the Cold War , national_motto = , anthems = ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cacophony
Phonaesthetics (also spelled phonesthetics in North America) is the study of beauty and pleasantness associated with the sounds of certain words or parts of words. The term was first used in this sense, perhaps by during the mid-20th century and derives . Speech sounds have many aesthetic qualities, some of which are subjectively regarded as euphonious (pleasing) or cacophonous (displeasing). Phonaesthetics remains a budding and often subjective field of study, with no scientifically or otherwise formally established definition; today, it mostly exists as a marginal branch of psychology, phonetics, or poetics. More broadly, the British linguist David Crystal has regarded phonaesthetics as the study of "phonaesthesia" (i.e., sound symbolism and phonesthemes): that not just words but even certain sound combinations carry meaning. For example, he shows that English speakers tend to associate unpleasantness with the sound ''sl-'' in such words as ''sleazy'', ''slime'', ''slug'', and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prokop Chocholoušek Kocaurkow Title Page 1847
Prokop may mean either of two Hussite generals, both of whom died in the 1434 battle of Lipan: * Prokop the Great * Prokop the Lesser Other people who bore the name Prokop: * Procopius, 6c historian * Saint Prokop, or Procopius of Sázava (died 1053), a Czech saint * Prokop, bishop of Kraków (1292–1294) * Adolf Prokop, German football referee * Bohumír Prokop, Czech handballer * František Prokop, Czech sport shooter * Gerhard Prokop, German football manager * Gert Prokop, German writer * Hubert Prokop (basketball), Czech basketball player * Joe Prokop (born 1960), American football player * Joe Prokop (halfback) (1921–1995), American football player * Ladislav Prokop, Czech basketball player * Liese Prokop, Austrian athlete and politician * Luke Prokop (born 2002), Canadian ice hockey player * Martin Prokop, Czech rally driver * Matt Prokop, American actor * Skip Prokop, Canadian musician * Stanley A. Prokop, U.S. Congressman for Pennsylvania (1959–1961) Places * Prok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
