Milostné listy Karla Havlíčka a Fany Weidenhoffrové II
Love letters between Karel Havlíček and Fany Weidenhoffrová II
Who am I?
Author(s): Alena Macurová, Jaroslava JanáčkováSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Czech Literature
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro českou literaturu
Keywords: Havlíček Karel; Weidenhoffrová Fany; correspondence; Havlíček’s two “I’s” (private v. public); weld of two “I’s”; prioritization of the public “I”
Summary/Abstract: These reflections on letters between Karel Havlíček and Fany Weidenhoffrová from between April 1845 and August 1846 are based on the view (formulated within semiotics, literary studies and linguistics) that the originator (or “I”) of every text is establishing his perception, “endurance” or conceptualization of reality — so every text is an index sign referring to the “I” (and its relationship to “you”). In support of this standpoint (and based on material for the forthcoming critical edition of Karel Havlíček’s complete correspondence, Czech Science Foundation GA ČR 406/12/0691), a survey is made of how over the period of correspondence the weld between Karel Havlíček’s two “I’s” is increasingly defined — the private “I” (constructed for the corresponding “you”) and the public “I” (constructed, more or less, for the Czech nation) and how as the public “I” gradually preponderates, the misunderstandings, misapprehensions and conflicts with the corresponding “you” increase until the planned wedding is called off.
Journal: Česká literatura
- Issue Year: 64/2016
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 204-224
- Page Count: 21
- Language: Czech