VOL. 62, BOOK 1, PART C, 2024, pp. 39 – 50 Full text (Cs)
Author: Martina Salhiová
Affiliation: Specialized Secondary School and Vocational School Jindřichův Hradec, Czechia
Abstract
Two different perspectives are presented on the Czech and Bulgarian travel adventure books for children and young adults. The book Ďáblova písmena (2015) by Czech author M. Drijverová tells the story of sailors from the time of Louis XVI. The story about human strength and perseverance unfolds in excerpts from fictional diaries and rich internal monologues of the main adult character. In the second text, Sakrovishte, Pishtovi i yuzhni moreta. Vakancii za Nadya i Martin (2017), written by K. Zahariev, the author describes vacation events in the exotic countries from the point of view of two young European heroes who have to deal with many difficult situations.
Key words: children’s literature, travel adventure books for children and young adults, young hero, adult hero, fictional diaries
