Historical novel is very popular with both readers and literary critics. How it differs from other genres is a very complex question, since even literary theorists have different understandings of it. Its origins date back to the time of European industrialization and the French Revolution, which are also to blame for its creation. Historical periods have had different influences on its role within literature, on its characteristics, features, and classification. The reflection on society of the Second World War has been the subject of much research and opens up new methodological basis. New approaches in historiography also contribute to this. Over time, this historical subject, which has been perceived in various ways in Slovak literature, had disappeared for some time, and has become interesting again in the last two decades. The novels discussed in the thesis are Farská republika (1948) by D. Tatarka, Sklený vrch (1954) by A. Bednár and Uchom ihly (2015) by J. Púček, all quite different in terms of genre structure and the time of the novel's creation, the way of narration and the position of the novel in the Slovak literary system at the time of its creation and today. The depiction of Czech-Slovak relations, love relations and the Jewish question are three issues at the heart of the analysis.
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