LYRICISATION OF THE SUBJECT AS AN INSTRUMENT OF GENRE HYBRIDISATION IN ŠTEFAN KRČMÉRY’S PROSE

• Authors: Zlejšia Barbora
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article aims to analyse the lyric prose of Štefan Krčméry (1892–1955) through the lens of genre and form hybridization. The central focus is an analysis of the lyricized subject, which, within the framework of anthropological poetics as defined by Emil Staiger, emerges as a crucial structuring element of the text. This subject serves as an original tool for lyricization, embodying epic memory and lyric recollection, from which the semantic and rhythmic dynamics of the discourse emerge. A second line of inquiry explores the author’s intentions and self-stylization strategies, through which Krčméry infuses the subject with autobiographical, value-laden, and emotional dimensions. Their interaction leads to the formation of an emergent character that transcends the combination of lyric and epic features, necessitating its own interpretive and definitional space. The article highlights the complexity of the hybrid genre as an autonomous aesthetic form by examining the lyricized subject. An intertextual analysis affirms the important role of lyric prose in Krčméry’s modernist work.

Keywords

EN

ANTHROPOLOGICAL POETICS; SELF-STYLIZATION; LYRIC PROSE; GENRE HYBRIDIZATION; ŠTEFAN KRČMÉRY

• Publisher: Institute of Slovak Literature, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Slovenská literatúra (Slovak Literature)
• Year: 2025
• Volume: 72
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 327 - 336

Contributors

author

Zlejšia Barbora

• Institute of Slovak Literature of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 841 04 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2450-7696

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/slovlit.2025.72.4.4