A meta-structuralist trap:
Periodisation and Jan Mukařovský’s structuralism Cover Image

Meta-strukturalistyczna pułapka. Periodyzacja a strukturalizm Jana Mukařovskiego
A meta-structuralist trap: Periodisation and Jan Mukařovský’s structuralism

Author(s): Aneta Daszuta
Subject(s): Structuralism and Post-Structuralism, Theory of Literature
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Jan Mukařovský; structuralism; Prague school; Czech literary theory; periodisation;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to show some methodological traps connected with the common tendency for periodisation of phenomena or processes in research, basing on the example of secondary literature about Czech structuralism, especially Jan Mukařovský’s theory. The author describes the narratives shaped in these works and shows how their symbolic charge directs the way of thinking about the heritage of the Prague school and Jan Mukařovský, which may influence the interpretation of his literary and aesthetic theory.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 1-18
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish