Jiří Flajšar (*1975) is
Assistant Professor (Lecturer) of English and American Literature at Palacky
University, Olomouc, Czech Republic. He got his PhD from Palacky U. in 2001. A
recipient of several American, Canadian, and Czech research grants and writing
fellowships, he spent the year 2000-1 at the University of Maryland as a
Fulbright visiting researcher.
His teaching focuses on American
Literature from 1890 to 1945, Twentieth-Century American and Canadian poetry,
creative writing methodology and practice (in English).
Courses Taught by Dr. Flajsar at
Palacky University:
American Literature from 1890 to
1945 (compulsory survey course)
American Culture (compulsory
seminar)
North American Studies (option
seminar)
Survey of American Poetry 1945-2000
(option seminar)
Survey of Canadian Poetry (option)
Creative Writing in English (all
genres, beginning to advanced)
His research and teaching activities
include North American Studies curriculum development, Canadian Studies, jazz,
blues, poetry translation into both Czech and English, and creative writing
methodology and practice.
BOOKS:
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Epiphany in American Poetry (Palacky
UP, 2003).
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
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three book editions, several poems,
a comprehensive overview of postwar American poetry, 15 essays on American,
British, and Czech poetry, literature, and culture, and over 28 literature and
music reviews. His translations of Czech poets have appeared in New Orleans Review.
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His translations of American poets
Stanley Kunitz and Gerald Stern have appeared in Host.
WORK IN PROGRESS
He is currently working on readers
of American and Canadian poetry, and a large volume of literary history.