Pacho, hybský zbojník: subverzia domácej zbojníckej tradície

In a paper I will focus on three aspects of the selected prose by P. Jaroš from book Krvaviny. The first line will be the authorʼs work with older literary genres: folk-tale, fair-song, legend, which were popular in the Slovak territory mainly in the 18th century. They served as the dominant platform for talking, lecturing, or singing about the outlaw theme. I will analyse transformation of the traditional face of an outlaw in Slovak literature. On the plan of the character Pacho I will focus on what comes in story after the national symbol, which was Juraj Jánošík in Slovak native tradition. The third point is that I will try to answer the question of the importance and function of a subversive writing about the traditional outlaw theme in the literature, cultural, but also social or political context in the sixties and seventies of the 20th century.