Which leading Slovak naturalistic and psychological prose writer wrote the famous novella 'Ťapákovci' (1914), satirizing stubborn traditionalism and passivity?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Božena Slančíková-Timrava
- Step 1: Timrava used sharp psychological insight and irony in Ťapákovci to expose the inertia, superstition, and refusal to modernize within an extended peasant household. Answer: Božena Slančíková-Timrava. Why not the others: Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová wrote Moje deti, Terézia Vansová wrote Sirota Podhradských, and Podjavorinská is primarily famous for children's poetry and realistic stories.
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