Marián Labuda

Rozprávky is a Slovak-language audio fairy‑tale and children’s storytelling genre centered on narrated folk and literary tales with dialogue, character voices, and illustrative music and sound design. Produced for records, cassettes, radio, and later digital platforms, rozprávky blends a lead narrator with a cast of actors, underscored by short leitmotifs, cues, and foley to bring classic stories to life for young listeners. While rooted in oral folk tradition, the studio form emphasizes clear diction, moral clarity, and gentle humor, often concluding with a soft musical coda.

Mluvené slovo (literally “spoken word” in Czech) is a Czech-language umbrella genre for recorded and broadcast speech-based performance: literary readings, radio plays, monologues, essays, storytelling, cabaret sketches, satirical dialogues, and author recitations. It prioritizes diction, timbre, pacing, and interpretive acting over melody or groove. Music and sound design appear as supportive elements—stings, leitmotifs, scene-setting ambiences, or comedic punctuations—rather than as the focus. Historically tied to Czech broadcasting and theatrical traditions, mluvené slovo has lived on radio, vinyl/cassette/CD releases, and today in audiobooks and podcast-like formats. Because it spans literature, theatre, and journalism, the repertoire ranges from fairy-tale narration and classic prose to satirical commentaries, documentary features, and intimate authorial reflections.