Václav Černý a strukturalismus

• Authors: Pelán Jiří

Title variants

Václav Černý and Structuralism

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The essay mentions Černý’s hostile relationship to Jan Mukařovský, sums up its causes, and recapitulates the texts in which Černý comments on Mukařovský’s works and on structuralism in general. On the basis of these texts, the author concludes that Černý’s contributions on the topic of “structuralism” betray an a-priori polemic bias and show that his reading of structuralist works was slightly superficial. However, these texts should not be interpreted purely as an expression of personal antipathy. Černý’s critique of structuralism points out its resignation on value judgement. According to Černý, this lack leads to the inability of structuralism to turn to criticism or literary history. The author analyzes Černý’s understanding of these two disciplines, and tries to point out the deeper causes of the polemics. The core of the dispute still seems valid today.

Keywords

CS

Václav Černý; Jan Mukařovský; strukturalismus; literární historie; literární kritika

EN

Václav Černý; Jan Mukařovský; structuralism; literary historiography; literary criticism

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Svět literatury – Časopis pro novodobé literatury (World of Literature – Journal for Modern Literatures)
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 55
• Pages: 22-45

Contributors

author

Pelán Jiří

• Ústav románských studií Filozofické fakulty Univerzity Karlovy