„Nám vaše píseň zní sladce.“ Vavákova odpověď na Zpěv k svátku Jana Nejedlého, doktora práv a cís. král. řádného a veřejného profesora literatury české na starožitných vysokých školách pražských

The study compares two Czech language occasional compositions from the beginning of the 19th century: the text of a congratulatory cantata composed in 1811 in honour of Jan Nejedlý, professor of Czech language and literature at Prague University, by Václav Hanka, a student at Prague University and a representative of the second generation of the Czech National Revival, and a response to the cantata in verse by František Jan Vavák, a farmer well versed in literature and rooted in the traditions of the Czech Baroque patriotism. The study investigates the agreements and differences in the two author’s views on basic questions about past, present, and further directions in Czech culture.