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	The Good Soldier Švejk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Good Soldier Švejk (spelled Schweik or Schwejk in many translations, and pronounced /ʃvɛjk/) is the shortened title of the world-famous unfinished novel written by Czech humorist Jaroslav Hašek in 1921-22.
		A number of literary critics consider The Good Soldier Švejk to be the grandaddy of anti-war novels, having predated nearly every other anti-war novel of note, at a time when such writings were not "in".
		The Good Soldier Švejk inspired Bertolt Brecht to write a play continuing his adventures in the World War II.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Good_Soldier_Svejk (1005 words)

	The Good Soldier Sevejk - everymans hero
		Svejk's spontaneous declaration disposed of a whole range of questions, and there remained only a few very important questions which were needed so that from Svejk's answers the initial opinion could be confirmed according to the system of the psychiatrist Dr Kallerson, Dr Heveroch, and the Englishman, Weiking.
		One final note: last year at Prague's NATO summit a man dressed as the Good Soldier and using Svejk's typical crutches to support himself, appeared at an anti-alliance protest, shouting at the top of his voice: "To Baghdad, Mrs Muller, to Baghdad...", showing just how deep the character is etched on the common psyche here.
		The Good Soldier, translated into 58 languages, including English, German, Chinese, and Catalan, maps the misadventures of Josef Svejk, a character who, though labelled an imbecile by army officials in the Austro-Hungarian empire, is one of the wisest fools one could hope to meet, thumbing his nose at authority and always escaping unscathed.
	svejk.com (1540 words)

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		The Good Soldier Švejk analyses the predicament of a human being, caught within the wheels of an impersonal, totalitarian bureaucratic system, which negates natural reality and destroys individuality.
		The Good Soldier Švejk is a rambling, picaresque work, in which the author follows the wanderings of his antihero through the impersonal, idiotic and destructive machinery of the Austrian army.
		The Good Soldier Švejk and his Fortunes in the World War was published by Hašek and his friend Franta Sauer in instalments and sold in pubs.
	www.arts.gla.ac.uk /Slavonic/Svejk.html (1312 words)

	Encyclopedia: The Good Soldier Svejk
		The Red Badge of Courage (1895) is a short novel (or a long short story) by Stephen Crane about the meaning of courage, as it is discovered by Henry Fleming, a young recruit in the Civil War.
		Joseph Heller said that if it weren’t for his having read The Good Soldier Švejk he would never had written his American novel Catch-22 [1] (http://www.zenny.com/Heller.html).
		The Fateful Adventures of the Good Soldier Svejk During the World War (http://zenny.com/svejk/), tr.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/The-Good-Soldier-Svejk (1636 words)

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		The story is that of Svejk, a citizen of Prague, told from the moment he is press-ganged into service in the Austro-Hungarian army on the eve of the First World War.
		Svejk's stubborn incompetence has the effect of destabilizing and exposing the absurdities of imperial rule.
		Svejk is thus a thoroughly destructive spanner in the works.
	fy.chalmers.se /~number44/private04/11-svejk (288 words)

	The resurrection of Good Soldier Svejk -- book review
		In this version, Svejk is a subtle and clever character who deliberately pretends to be stupid, and uses this stupidity to mock authority, through his refusal to play the game of life by their rules.
		Svejk had been discharged from military service years ago when a military medical commission had pronounced him to be officially an imbecile.
		In Parrott, Svejk was "finally certified" as an imbecile, while in the new translation he had been pronounced "to be officially an imbecile" by a bureaucratic body.
	www.samizdat.com /isyn/svejk.html (1303 words)

	The Good Soldier Svejk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Good Soldier Švejk (spelled Schweik or Schwejk in many translations, and pronounced "shvāke") is the shortened title of the world-famous unfinished novel written by Czech humorist Jaroslav Hašek; in 1921-22.
		The novel tells a story of the Czech veteran Švejk who, after having been drafted back into the army as cannon fodder to die for an Emperor he despises, proceeds to undermine the Austrian army's war effort by "švejking".
		Jaroslav Hašek; and his greatest work, Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války, The Fateful Adventures of the Good Soldier Švejk During the World War have been subjects of innumerable articles, essays, studies, and books.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/the_good_soldier_svejk (908 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Books: The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War (Penguin Modern Classics) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Svejk was one of those soldiers, and he was a) unwilling and b) not very good at it.
		Svejk is not the sort of novel that would appeal to James Joyce, Virginia Woolf or Henry James fans.
		Svejk himself is very like Hamlet in one important way: just as it is almost impossible to give a definite answer to whether Hamlet is mad or not, so it is impossible to give a definite answer to the main question surrounding Svejk: is he a patent imbecile or not?
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0141184280 (1593 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Books: The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War (Everyman's Library Classics S.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Svejk, a man who sells dogs for a living in Prague after being discharged from the army for stupidity is an instantly likeable character.
		The book however pulls itself together as Svejk and his companions are herded towards the frontline and where Svejk's crowning glory is to be captured by his own army.
		Overall Svejk is the star and while his comical and often ludicrous stories frequently amount to nothing, they do give a feel for the lives of the average Czech at the time.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1857151518 (704 words)

	UNITED NATIONS - Reviews
		Svejk comes to be seen as a ‘good soldier’ in political rather than military terms because his stubborn incompetence has the effect of destabilizing and exposing the absurdities of imperial rule.
		The implication is that the form of political disruption adopted by people like Svejk – complete resistance which takes the form of utter compliance – has been instrumental in the post-war liberation of the Czechoslovak people after four centuries of imperial domination.
		Svejk’s immediate grip on the imagination of the new Czechoslovak Republic was revealed by a number of plays of the 1920s which stole the character and transplanted him to often bizarre new situations: Svejk Has Twins, Svejk as a Football Player, even Svejk on Mars!
	www.newint.org /issue262/reviews.htm (1771 words)

	Gallery Bookshop - Tony Miksak's Words On Books
		In the bookstore of Charles University in Prague I purchased a Penguin edition of The Good Soldier Svejk, turning to the author's preface which is quoted on the restaurant menu.
		Svejk, the simple Czech, defeats bureaucrats and confounds secret police with a sweet smile and peasant simplicity.
		The Good Soldier Svejk turns out to be the perfect book to read when one's circadian rhythms are whacked out.
	www.gallerybooks.com /bkm/wob020301.html (603 words)

	Lars Wirzenius: Review, 2004
		I'm not saying Under siege is a good movie on an absolute scale, but in its genre of brainless, simplistic, action movies with unnecessarily graphic violence and some unnecessary nudity it is a competent, though not extraordinary contender.
		It is not the fault of the makers of the TV series that the characters are somewhat flat, almost caricatures, or that the plots are simple and often predictable.
		Not quite as good as those for typical movies, but then Poirot is made for television and the quality of the master originals is likely to be worse than for most films.
	liw.iki.fi /liw/log/2004-Review.html (4745 words)

	DevASP The Fateful Adventures of the Good Soldier Svejk During the World War, Book One Book - 1585004286 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Svejk presents a constant front of simpleton patriotism, one which the military and medical officials believe can only be mocking or ironic.
		By reflecting on the false nature of patriotic war-mongering among the elite, Svejk stands to protest the mistakes of leaders by following them absolutely and enthusiastically, parroting the propaganda he is fed to such a level that even the propagandists are embarassed.
		Unlike other anti-war protestors or observers in most other anti-war tracts, Svejk stands out as someone who accepts the premises of the ruling class to such a degree that they are, themselves, embarassed to have set them forth.
	www.devasp.com /store/shop62/pd1585004286/Books_and_Software (617 words)

	The Czechs
		Like most Czechs, Svejk was unwilling to fight for the enemy (the Austrians) against what was at that time a friend (Russia).
		Svejk's method of resistance was to play the fool with such bumbling effectiveness that he sabotaged the Austrian war effort on the eastern front, while his apparent sincerity, stupidity and long, pointless stories saved him from punishment.
		It's a matter of frequent debate in the Czech Republic as to whether Svejk was modeled on the Czechs, or whether the Czechs model themselves on Svejk.
	homepages.paradise.net.nz /pdg/Czechitout/czechs.htm (841 words)

	Sunbirds.com: Ax Porridge for Good Soldier Svejk - Russian Lacquer item (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Written after World War I, as perhaps the first absurdist antiwar novel of this turbulent time period, "The Good Soldier Svejk" is a classic story about dealing with the lunacy of war.
		The pot boiling on the table is a serving of ax porridge, a satirical soup, ironic of the war.
		Soldier Svejk has an angelic presence about him being seemingly oblivious to the drama around him.
	www.sunbirds.com /lacquer/box/242077 (942 words)

	The New York Times > Theater > News & Features > Critic's Notebook: The Model of a Soldier (but No Model ...
		In fact, "The Good Soldier Svejk" is commonly cited as an ancestor of Joseph Heller's "Catch-22" and many other anti-war novels.
		Svejk may be a simpleton, but there is nothing else simple about him, including his name.
		In the army, Svejk follows orders so scrupulously that when he is tossed off a train carrying him to the front, he decides to walk there, taking the most circuitous route possible.
	www.nytimes.com /2004/11/17/theater/newsandfeatures/17duke.html?ex=1258434000&en=6c1490aed915777f&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt (850 words)

	Lars Wirzenius: May, 2004
		Svejk is a peculiar character, a simple-minded genius, and all sorts of funny things happen.
		This is a good maxim and I need to keep it in mind more often.
		FLAC is a good format for archiving, since it is lossless: I can go back to the FLAC files and re-encode them in various formats without losing any quality due to multiple lossy encodings.
	liw.iki.fi /liw/log/2004-05.html#20040518b (2183 words)

	Jaroslav Hasek's Good Soldier Svejk in this translation is a "must read" book - Richard Seltzer
		Unwilling to be cannon fodder for an emperor he loathes, Svejk rebels by feigning stupidity (military physicians declare him an imbecile) and, in the process, he makes a mockery of his superiors.
		He conceived "The Good Soldier Svejk" as a cycle of six novels, but only three of them and a part of the fourth were completed by the time he died of alcoholism at age 40 in 1923.
		Svejk, who had left military service years before, after having been finally certified by the army medical board as an imbecile, and now lived by selling dogs -- ugly, mongrel monstrosities whose pedigrees he forged.
	www.zenny.com /svejk/Chicago%20Tribune%20Tempo%20feature.html (2230 words)

	Book Review
		Hasek's episodic novel describes the adventures of a soldier who is drafted into the Czech army despite the fact that he has been certified as retarded.
		Svejk becomes a batman (a kind of servant) to Lieutenant Lukas.
		Svejk's misadventures are meant to show the follies of the military.
	www.allreaders.com /BookRView.asp?BRID=80375 (199 words)

	Information server city of Prague: Good Soldier Svejk unveils monument of writer Jaroslav Hasek
		PRAGUE, Oct 5 (CTK) - Good Soldier Svejk and Mrs Muellerova unveiled the original equestrian statue of their literary father, Czech writer Jaroslav Hasek (1883-1923), in Prague-Zizkov on Prokop Square this afternoon.
		Both characters appeared in Hasek's most famous novel, "The Adventures of the Good Soldier Svejk During the World War," a satire of life during World War One.
		Hasek lived in Zizkov close to the Prokop Square for several years, and he wrote the first volume of the Adventures of the Good Soldier Svejk there, in his flat in Jeronymova street and it the surrounding pubs.
	www.praha-mesto.cz /(00aduh55bfmgqa45xocebsnd)/default.aspx?id=65038&ido=6035&sh=-1787252648 (274 words)

	The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War by Jaroslav Hasek
		Like Robert Musil's gigantic novel The Man Without Qualities, The Good Soldier Svejk takes on the sizable topic of Central Europe during the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
		In Svejk, he shows his disdain for coherent, all-explaining philosophies--as well as an impatience with description, exposition, or any form of authorial intrusion.
		Svejk turns this pragmatism into a type of passive resistance (not unlike the later Czech response to Soviet rule).
	www.johnholleman.com /win/goodsol.html (557 words)

	the good soldier svejk
		In the garrison prison Svejk was put into the sanatorium but among pusillanimous malingerers of this very type.
		And when both these soldiers died it came up in parliament and was in the newspapers.
		Meanwhile the officers were reflecting that Colonel Schroder must have gone off his rocker for good and all.
	www.geocities.com /davidvwilliamson/hasek.html (3780 words)

	No. 1339: The Good Soldier Svejk
		ävejk is a totally cooperative soldier -- filled with aggressive enthusiasm.
		When soldiers fail to do so, the result may be simple confusion; it may be a major atrocity.
		Haöek, J., The Good Soldier ävejk and His Fortunes in the World War (tr.
	www.uh.edu /engines/epi1339.htm (606 words)

	Jaroslav Hasek - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jaroslav Hašek (April 30, 1883 - January 3, 1923) was a Czech humorist and satirist who became well-known mainly for his hilarious, world-famous novel The Good Soldier Svejk, a unfinished collection of farsical incidents about a soldier in World War I which has been translated into sixty languages.
		The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War, translated by, with original illustrations by Josef Lada
		The Fateful Adventures of the Good Soldier Svejk During the World War, Book One, translated by Zenny K. Sadlon
	www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Jaroslav_Hasek (561 words)

	Groundspeak Travel Bug Details (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Svejk is not near any front he's been before now, but is still in the Netherlands.
		Svejk and the gang had a long vacation snowboarding in Lappland.
		Svejk wanted to come some way north to go snowboarding in beautiful Finnish winter before he leaves the country.
	www.geocaching.com /track/details.aspx?id=30615 (669 words)

	Variety.com - Reviews - Svejk
		"The Good Soldier Svejk" may be one of the great antiwar novels of all time, but this virtually unreadable 1923 work by Czech author Jaroslav Hasek is only marginally more engaging in Colin Teevan's stage treatment.
		Although Spinella leaves the door open on that character interpretation, he cultivates Svejk's innocence, playing the Everyman soldier with a gangly awkwardness and a sweet, goofy grin that is at once endearing and heartbreaking.
		As Lukas, the unlucky army officer to whom Svejk is attached, Ryan Shively ("Twentieth Century") has the luxury of playing a character who isn't a pure object of satire, and he makes the most of it by giving Lukas an inkling of intelligence.
	www.variety.com /review/VE1117925581?categoryid=33&cs=1 (704 words)

	Animal Review By Avner
		On Saturday she came to Haifa, where she was a correspondent in the fifties, to talk about 'The Good Soldier Svejk' by Yaroslav Hasek.
		She used to finish up some of his feuilletons, and apparently was too good at it.
		A new 'Svejk Encyclopedia' published recently reveals many new details and hilarious stories of Hasek and his book, and establishes the fact that Svejk, actually, is almost documentary.
	www.shats.com /AR/Previous/AvnerJune.htm (4282 words)

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