Mgr. 1991, Charles University
Ph.D. 1996, University of Texas at Austin
Doc. 2005, Charles University
Prof. 2014, Charles University
Employment
1991–1996, University of Texas at Austin
since 1997 Charles University
Research Interests
19th-, 20th- and 21st-century Scandinavian literature, narrative theory, modernism, Knut
Hamsun, Søren Kierkegaard
Selected Publications
Books:
As author or co-author:
Moderní skandinávské literatury 1870-2000. Praha: Karolinum, 2006. (with Helena Kadečková and Viola Parente-Čapková), 2nd edition, expanded and revised. Praha: Karolinum, 2013.
The Roots of Modernist Narrative: Knut Hamsun’s Novels Hunger, Mysteries, and Pan. Oslo: Solum, 1998.
Humpál, Martin (ed.). Buřič a buditel Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. Příbram: Pistorius a Olšanská, 2011.
Humpál, Martin (ed.). Moderní skandinávské literatury 1870-2000. Praha: Karolinum, 2006. (with Helena Kadečková and Viola Parente-Čapková) 2nd edition, expanded and revised. Praha: Karolinum, 2013.
Březinová, Helena and Humpál, Martin (eds.). Acta Universitatis Carolinae – Philologica (special Scandinavianist issue), 3/2006.
Vrbová, Jarka and Humpál, Martin (eds.). Acta Universitatis Carolinae – Philologica (special Scandinavianist issue), 2/2001.
Scholarly Articles and Book Chapters:
A Pastor without a Calling: Hanne Ørstavik’s Novel Presten. In Englén, Pehr and Reymond, Emmanuel. Answering the Call: Vocation and Responsibility in Scandinavian Cultures since 1750. Turnhout: Brepols, 2026, pp. 35-54.
Henrik Ibsen’s The Lady from the Sea as Intertext in Isak Dinesen’s “The Dreaming Child”. Scandinavian Studies, 2025, vol. 97, no. 3, pp. 52-73.
Dvě románové podoby moderního města: Strindbergův Červený pokoj a Hamsunův Hlad. In Gilk, Erik, Nodl, Martin and Wiendl, Jan. Město a literatura. Praha: Argo, 2024, pp. 195-205.
Dopisy Egona Hostovského Sigurdu Hoelovi. Česká literatura, 2024, vol. 72, no. 2, pp. 218-227.
Emigration and the Image of the USA in Henrik Ibsen’s Samfundets støtter (Pillars of Society). In Humpál, Martin and Březinová, Helena. Migration and Identity in Nordic Literature. Praha: Karolinum, 2022. 64-72.https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/90027
Knut Hamsun’s Criticism of Shakespeare. In Keinänen, Nely and Sivefors, Per. Disseminating Shakespeare in the Nordic Countries: Shifting Centres and Peripheries in the Nineteenth Century. London: Bloomsbury, 2022, pp. 269-289.
Den redselsfulle gudstro og nordisk litteratur. In Bjerring-Hansen, Jens, Jelsbak, Torben and Mrozewicz, Anna Estera. Scandinavian Exceptionalisms: Culture, Society, Discourse. Berlin: Nordeuropa-Institut der Humboldt-Universität, 2021, pp. 467-481.
Arnošt Kraus and Norwegian Literature. In Březinová, Helena, Höhne, Steffen and Petrbok, Václav. Arnošt Vilém Kraus (1859-1943): Wissenschaftler und Kulturpolitiker. Wien – Köln – Weimar: Böhlau Verlag, 2021, pp. 189-195.
Arnošt Kraus on A. G. Meissner and Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling. Acta Universitatis Carolinae – Philologica, 2019, no. 3, pp. 83-88.
Roman som skuespill: Sjangerhybriditet i Erlend Loes Stille dager i Mixing Part. European Journal of Scandinavian Studies, 2019, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 42–54.
Frihet og rotløshet: Michael Konupeks Rutenia. Tijdschrift voor Skandinavistiek, 2018, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 168-174.
Knut Hamsun’s Migration Experience and North-American Indians. In Hingarová, Vendula V. and Jensen, Ellen Marie. Trans-Atlantic Migration: Czech and Scandinavian Perspectives on History, Literature, and Language. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická fakulta, 2017, pp. 120-128.
The Elitist Conception of Culture and Literature in the Essays and Lectures of Georg Brandes and Knut Hamsun. In Voldřichová Beránková, Eva and Grauová, Šárka. Dusk and Dawn: Literature between Two Centuries. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická fakulta, 2017, pp. 237-251.
Knut Hamsun – průkopník techniky proudu vědomí. In Housková, Anna and Svatoň, Vladimír. Pokusy o renesanci Západu: literární a duchovní východiska na přelomu 19. a 20. století. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická fakulta, 2016, pp. 523-532.
Nietzsche ve Skandinávii konce století. In Housková, Anna and Svatoň, Vladimír. Pokusy o renesanci Západu: literární a duchovní východiska na přelomu 19. a 20. století. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická fakulta, 2016, pp. 175-192.
Geniets tragedie: Et tsjekkisk skuespill om Hamsun. Nordlit, 2016, no. 38, pp. 168-174.
Figural Narration and Modernist Fiction: The Case of Hamsun’s Hunger. In Goranka Antunović. The Glimpses of the North: Discovering Scandinavia and Scandinavian Studies. Zagreb: Srednja Europa, 2014, pp. 133-139.
Nietzschovské prvky ve Strindbergově Tanci smrti. Svět literatury, 2014, no. 50, pp. 47-52.
Ibsen’s Relation to Shakespeare: From Respect to Rejection. In Pilný, Ondřej and Horová, Mirka. ‘Tis to Create and in Creating Live: Essays in Honour of Martin Procházka. Praha: Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy v Praze, 2013, pp. 119-127.
Polopřímá řeč a vynucený posun časů v češtině. Slovo a smysl, 2012, no. 18, pp. 86-97.
Skandinávské literatury devadesátých let 19. století: terminologická mozaika. In Housková, Anna and Svatoň, Vladimír. Konec a počátek: literatura na přelomu dvou staletí. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická fakulta, 2012, pp. 116-120.
The Metafictional Aspect of Strindberg’s Ett drömspel. Acta Universitatis Carolinae – Philologica, 2012, no. 1, pp. 49-55.
Det identitetsløse menneske etter modernismen og postmodernismen: Noen eksempler fra nordisk litteratur. Folia Scandinavica Posnanensia, 2012, no. 14., pp. 25-33.
Foregripelse av kubisme i Knut Hamsuns Mysterier. In Bäckström, Per and Børset, Bodil. Norsk avantgarde. Oslo: Novus, 2011, pp. 49-54.
Bjørnson a pojem poetokracie v Norsku. In Humpál, Martin. Buřič a buditel Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. Příbram: Pistorius a Olšanská, 2011, pp. 81-87.
Knut Hamsun a Rusko. In Pospíšil, Ivo and Šaur, Josef. Evropské areály a metodologie: Rusko, střední Evropa, Balkán a Skandinávie. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, pp. 95-100.
Literary Characters as Archetypes and Stereotypes: Gustav Pallas and Hamsun Reception in Czechoslovakia. Brünner Beiträge zur Germanistik und Nordistik, 2011, vol. 16, no. 1/2, p. 9-17.https://digilib.phil.muni.cz/en/node/19944
Freedom as Illusion: The Most Recent Ibsen Stagings in Prague. In Kamaluddin, Nilu. Ibsen Through New Eyes: Religion and Freedom. Dháka: Centre for Asian Theatre, 2010, pp. 137-145.
Dvojí dílo Karen Blixenové a otázka primárního textu. In Svatoň, Vladimír and Housková, Anna. Literatura na hranici jazyků a kultur. Praha: Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy v Praze, 2009, pp. 216-220.
Strindberg’s A Dream Play and “Places of Indeterminacy”. Acta Universitatis Carolinae – Philologica, 2008, no. 2, pp. 95-101.
Architecture as a Stumbling Block in Theories of Modernism. In Procházka, Martin and Čermák, Jan. Shakespeare between the Middle Ages and Modernism: From Translator’s Art to Academic Discourse. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická fakulta, 2008, pp. 216-220.
Grenser i Michael Konůpeks roman I sin tid. In Zilliacus, Clas. Gränser i nordisk litteratur. Borders in Nordic Literature. Åbo: Åbo Akademis förlag, 2008, pp. 703-710.
Hamsuns Mysterier som antiroman. In Nesby, Linda H. and Wærp, Henning H. Hamsun i Tromsø IV, 2007. Hamarøy: Hamsun-Selskapet, 2008, pp. 137-148.
Modernistisk Ibsen og postmodernistisk Moi. Edda, 2007, no. 4, pp. 416-420.
Karel Čapeks bilde av de nordiske landene i En reise til Norden (1936). In Rossel, Sven Hakon. Der Norden im Ausland – das Ausland im Norden: Formung und Transformation von Konzepten und Bildern des Anderen vom Mittelalter bis heute. Wien: Praesens Verlag, 2006, pp. 307-312.
The Reception of Ibsen‘s Plays in Czechia. Acta Universitatis Carolinae – Philologica, 2006, no. 3, pp. 63-68.
Kierkegaard jako intertext v Ibsenově dramatu Brand. In Stehlíková, Karolína. Ipse ipsa Ibsen. Brno: Elg, 2006, pp. 124-141.
Tilværelsens uutholdelige hastighet: Tid i Hamsuns sakprosa. In Arntzen, Even and Wærp, Henning H. Hamsun i Tromsø III, 2003. Hamarøy: Hamsun-Selskapet, 2003, pp. 9-27.
Rasjonalitet og irrasjonalitet i Kjell Askildsens “Thomas F’s siste nedtegnelser til almenheten” og “Johannes’ oppmuntrende begravelse”. Norsk litterær årbok, 2003, pp. 228-240.
On the Use of the Term “Narrative” in Literary Scholarship. Acta Universitatis Carolinae – Philologica, 2002, no. 2, pp. 81-88.
The Fifth Commandment of the Jante Law and the Theme of Self-Knowledge in Sandemose’s En flyktning krysser sitt spor. Brünner Beiträge zur Germanistik und Nordistik, 2002, vol. 16, pp. 191-97.https://digilib.phil.muni.cz/handle/11222.digilib/105829
The God-Motif in Edith Södergran’s Poetry. In Bang, Karin and Geist, Uwe. Åndelige rum – Geistige Räume. Roskilde: Institut for Sprog og Kultur, 2002, pp. 131-142.
The Fluid Borderline between Direct and Indirect Discourse: Some Norwegian Examples. Acta Universitatis Carolinae – Philologica, 2001, no. 3, pp. 67-73.
Why a Dialectician Is Not a Philosopher: The Poetics of Dialectics in Kierkegaard’s Frygt og Bæven. Scandinavian Studies, 2001, vol. 73, no. 4, pp. 493-506.
Irony Revisited: Arne Garborg’s Novel Trætte Mænd. Brünner Beiträge zur Germanistik und Nordistik, 2001, vol. 15, pp. 165-170.
Two Cases of Desire: The Intertextual Traces of Bjørnson’s “Arnljots Længsel mot Havet” in Hamsun’s “Skærgaardsø”. Acta Universitatis Carolinae – Philologica, 2001, no. 2, pp. 29-36.
Den åpne avslutningen i Hamsuns Mysterier. Norsk litterær årbok, 2001, pp. 45-51.
The Narrator in Knut Hamsun’s Børn av Tiden. Brünner Beiträge zur Germanistik und Nordistik, 1998, vol. 12, p. 19-25.
