Karolina Válová
Karolina Válová
QUALIFICATIONS
2018 Ph.D., Roman Literatures, Faculty of Arts, Charles University
2009 Mgr., Portuguese studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University
PRINCIPAL RESEARCH INTERESTS
Lusophone Prose (20th and 21st Centuries); Poetics of Space in Literature; Poetics of Silence; Feminism; Gender; Periods of Transformation in History; National Identity; Race and Ethnicity; Romani Diaspora; Lusophone Countries.
RESEARCH PROFILE
My research currently follows two main axes. I have been affiliated with the Faculty of Arts at Charles University in Prague since 2017, where I teach courses on literary theory and Lusophone literature. My scholarship specializes in the analysis of literary prose by Lusophone authors. I analyse such works for traces illustrating the search for and discovery of national identity, which is often associated with main characters’ processes of self-discovery and identity formation. I am the founder of the project 100 František / Jorge Listopad, which in 2021 published a Czech-Portuguese collective monograph under the same name, and subsequently, in 2023, released a book entitled Jorge Listopad e Rosa definitive de František Listopad [Jorge Listopad and František Listopad’s Rosa Definitiva], intended for Portuguese-speaking readers.
Within the Romani Atlantic project, I will be focused on the analysis of two novels: Myra (2008) was written by Portuguese author, Maria Velho da Costa, and A Rainha Ginga (Queen Jinga, 2014) was written by Angolan author, José Eduardo Agualusa. Both novels show that memory is not just a record of what happened, but also a vital process shaping our present and future.
Books
2023 Jorge Listopad and František Listopad´s Rosa definitiva [Jorge Listopad e Rosa definitiva de František Listopad]. Bratislava: Portugalský Inštitút. (co-author Rodrigues Rato, Ricardo).
Edited Volumes and Special Issues
2021 100 František/Jorge Listopad (One hundred years since the birth of poet, writer and theater director František Listopad) [100 František / Jorge Listopad (Sto let od narození básníka, spisovatele a divadelního režiséra Františka Listopada)]. Praha: Vydavatelství FF UK.
Journal Articles
2024 František Listopad writes about Portugal in the pages of the magazine Sklizeň [František Listopad escreve sobre Portugal nas páginas da revista Sklizeň]. Studia Iberica (24): 49–70.
2024 One Hundred Years After the Brazilian Week of Modern Art: Manifesto of Contemporary Indigenous Literature by Trudruy Dorrico [Sto let po brazilském Týdnu moderního umění: „Manifest současné indiánské literatury“ od Trudruy Dorrico]. Svět literatury (70): 65-76.
2022 Re-inhabiting the House in the Novel Forever by Vergílio Ferreira [Znovuzabydlování domu v románu Navždycky Vergília Ferreiry]. Svět literatury. (65): 70–85.
2022 The Life and Work of František Listopad in Three Oppressive Systems [Život a tvorba Františka Listopada ve třech nesvobodných systémech]. Kulturne Dejiny (13): 82–98.
2022 Kitty – The Silent Swan in the Short Story The Death of the Swan by Teresa Veiga [Kitty - o cisne silencioso no conto A morte do cisne de Teresa Veiga]. Studia Iberystyczne (21): 69–80.
2021 Silence May Not Exist at All... (Forms of Silence in the Novel Valley of Passion) [Ticho možná vůbec neexistuje... (podoby mlčení v románu Údolí vášně)]. Romanistica Comeniana (2): 132–139.
2021 Cantigas de Santa Maria by Alfonso X – Love Songs or Political Songs? [Cantigas de Santa Maria Alfonse X. - písně milostné, či politické?]. Svět literatury (64): 72–176.
2019 Four Things Found: A Spatial Analysis of the House in the Novel Forever by Vergílio Ferreira [Quatro coisas encontradas: análise espacial da casa no romance Para Sempre de Vergílio Ferreira]. Studia Iberystyczne (18): 325–334.
2019 Reception of Portuguese Literary Neorealism in the Czech Environment of Czechoslovakia Through Translations [Recepção do neorrealismo literário português no ambiente checo da Checoslováquia através das traduções]. e-Letras com vida (2): 71–80.
Book Chapters
2024 Post-Revolutionary Lisbon in the Novel The Return of the Caravels by António Lobo Antunes [Porevoluční Lisabon v romáu Návrat Karavel Antónia Lob Antunese]. In: Gilk, Erik – Nodl, Martin – Wiendl, Jan (eds.): Město a literatura. Praha: Argo, pp. 255-270.
2019 The Marginalized in The Wind Whistling in the Cranes by Lídia Jorge. [Os marginalizados em O Vento Assobiando nas Gruas de Lídia Jorge]. In: Grauová, Šárka – Hricsina, Jan – Válová, Karolina (eds.). Pensar o passado, compreender o presente, idealizar o futuro. Praha: Vydavatelství FF UK, pp. 161–171.
2016 Dynastic Residence – A Theme in Portuguese Literature. [Residência da dinastia - um tema na literatura portuguesa]. In: de Sousa Coelho Ramos, Joaquim José – Grauová, Šárka – Jindrová, Jaroslava (eds.): Língua Portuguesa na Europa Central: estudos e perspetivas. Praha: Karolinum Press, pp. 119–126.
Ongoing Projects
2024–2026 Romani Atlantic: Transcontinental Logic of Ethno-Racial Identities. Lumina Quaeruntur Fellowship, Czech Academy of Sciences (LQ300582201). Researcher.
Board Memberships
2024 October, 24-25. Member of the Scientific Committee of A Novíssima Ficção Portuguesa: Colóquio Internacional em homenagem a Teresa Veiga. Faculty of Arts, University of Lisbon.
External Reviewing
Journal Articles Manuscript Review: Revista Desassossego
Doctoral Thesis Examination: Faculty of Arts, Charles University
Teaching Experience
2017–2024 Department of Roman Languages, Faculty of Arts, Charles University.
Invited Talks, Public Lectures or Roundtables
2024 October, 24-25. Pretending to Be a Roma Girl in the Novel Myra by Maria Velho da Costa. Novíssima Ficção Portuguesa: Colóquio Internacional em homenagem a Teresa Veiga. University of Lisabon. Portugal.
October, 22. Uma questão de identidade no romance Myra de Maria Velho da Costa. University of Porto, Portugal. (Invited Lecture).
