Literární topos nebo historická realita? (K úloze literárních topoi v historiografii)

• Authors: Havlikova L.

Title variants

EN

LITERARY TOPOS, OR HISTORICAL REALITY? (THE ROLE OF LITERARY TOPOI IN HISTORIOGRAPHY)

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

Based on an analysis of the so-called topoi (loci communes) in the Latin milieu (meaning 'pagans sitting on the ground while eating') and Byzantine milieu (meaning 'drinking from the skull-goblet of a defeated enemy'), not all topoi should be regarded a mere literary constant, as the literary scholarship declares with regard to Curtius' definition. It is necessary to distinguish between really constant characteristics of the topos, i.e. a mere literary function ('literary topos') and reality, where the topos firstly records true historical reality and secondly, when this reality is used in a different historical context in order to outline a different, new historical reality, thus being the current time testimony - in both cases, the topos is a historical resource (i.e. 'historical topos').

Keywords

EN

HISTORIOGRAPHY; REALITY; TOPOS

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Slovanský přehled: historická revue pro dějiny střední, východní a jihovýchodní Evropy (Slavonic Review: Review for Central, Eastern and Southeastern European history)
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 94
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 317-327
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Havlikova L.

• L. Havlikova, Slovansky ustav AV CR, v. v. i., Valentinska 1, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08CZAAAA04869248