Prof. Ond艡ej Piln媒, Ph.D.

ondrej.pilny@aauni.edu

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Distinguished Senior Lecturer at Anglo-American University, and Professor of English and American Literature and Director of the Centre for Irish Studies at Charles University, 糖心Vlog. He is the author of two books, The Grotesque in Contemporary Anglophone Drama (2016) and Irony and Identity in Modern Irish Drama (2006) and editor of collections of essays and journal issues on subjects ranging from Anglophone drama and Irish literature to cultural memory and structuralist theory. His translations include plays by J.M. Synge, Brian Friel, Martin McDonagh, Enda Walsh and Mark O鈥橰owe, and Flann O鈥橞rien鈥檚 novel The Third Policeman. He is a past Chairperson of the International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures and former Vice-President of the European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies.

Specializations

Modern and Contemporary Drama and Theatre, Literature and Politics, Irish Studies

Publications & Other Activities

Books (recent)

  • PILN脻, Ond艡ej, Ruud van den BEUKEN, Ian R. WALSH, eds.聽Cultural Convergence: The Dublin Gate Theatre, 1928-1960.聽Cham: Palgrave Macmillan/Springer Nature, 2021. Open Access.聽聽

Journal Issues (recent)

  • WALLACE, Clare and Ond艡ej PILN脻,eds. 鈥淒ialogue, Performance and the Body Politic in Contemporary Theatre.鈥澛�Litteraria Pragensia, 32.63 (2022). Open Access.聽

Book Chapters (recent)

  • PILN脻 Ond艡ej.鈥�Terminus聽(2007) by Mark O鈥橰owe.鈥� Shaun Richards, ed.聽Fifty Key Irish Plays. Abingdon and New York: Routledge,聽2023. 168-71.
  • PILN脻 Ond艡ej.鈥淭he Brothers 膶apek at the Gate:聽R.U.R.听补苍诲听The Insect Play.鈥� Piln媒, Ond艡ej, Ruud van den Beuken, Ian R. Walsh, eds.聽Cultural Convergence: The Dublin Gate Theatre, 1928-1960.聽Cham: Palgrave Macmillan/Springer Nature,聽2021. 141-173.聽
  • PILN脻 Ond艡ej. 鈥溾�楧id You Like How I Made That Turn, Officer?鈥� Martin McDonagh鈥檚 Hangmen and Capital Punishment鈥�. In SCHWALL, Hedwig. Boundaries, Passages, Transitions. Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2018. pp. 91-100. 266 p.

Journal Articles (recent)

  • PILN脻 Ond艡ej.鈥溾�楢n extraordinary deposition鈥�: Enda Walsh鈥檚聽Medicine.鈥澛�Litteraria Pragensia, 32.63 (2022): 76-87. Open Access.
  • PILN脻 Ond艡ej.鈥淚rish Studies in Continental Europe.鈥澛�Irish University Review聽50.1 (2020):聽215-220.PILN脻 Ond艡ej.鈥溾�楿lster Says No鈥� 鈥� Again? David Ireland鈥檚聽Cyprus Avenue, Clich茅, and Brexit.鈥澛�Hradec Kr谩lov茅 Journal of Anglophone Studies聽6.1 (2019): 29-38. Open Access.
  • PILN脻 Ond艡ej.鈥淐onstructing the Irish in Central Europe: German Travel Narratives and Czech Political Emancipation in the Mid-nineteenth Century.鈥澛�Journal of Irish Studies聽(IASIL Japan) 34 (October 2019): 11-25.聽
  • PILN脻 Ond艡ej.鈥淎nxieties in Irish Theatre.鈥澛�Journal of Contemporary Drama in English聽7.1 (2019): 29-45.聽
  • PILN脻 Ond艡ej. 鈥淒ermot Healy and Memory鈥�. Ilha do Desterro, special issue on Artistic Collaborations, eds. Alinne Balduino Fernandes, Maria Rita Drummond Viana, Miriam Haughton, 71.2 (2018): 173-188.