Michal Peprník
, PhDr. Michal Peprník, M.Phil., Dr. is a Professor at Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic. Currently he is the Head of the Literature Section, and the Secretary of The Czech and Slovak Association for American Studies. He is also the chief coordinator of the international Olomouc Colloquium of American Studies.
He taught Czech literature courses at the Department of Slavonic Languages & Literatures at the University of Glasgow in 1992-1993 and habilitated in 2003.
His main fields of research include American Romanticism, concepts of space and metamorphosis, the myths of the West, and the literature of the Fantastic.Monographs, Books
- Dětský hrdina v díle J. D. Salingera
- Motiv metamorfózy v díle Jamese Hogga, R. L. Stevensona a George MacDonalda
- Směry literární interpretace XX.století/texty, komentáře
- Metamorfóza jako kulturní metafora
- Topos lesa v americké literatuře
- Literature as a Political Tool?
- The Place of the Other: the Dark Forest
- Fenomén Bercovitch aneb jak dobýt Ameriku
- Democratic Ideals in American Popular Culture and Literature
- Podstatný hybrid
- Z Krvavé komnaty k Černé Venuši
- Moravian Origins of J.F. Cooper's Indians
- Cooper's Indians: Typology and Function
- Cesta amerického románu k romantickým asociacím a mýtu
- Henry James jako literární kritik
