Narativní koherence jako průvodní rys proměn žánru : na příkladu próz s historickou tematikou
Narrative coherence as an accompanying feature of genre evolution : exemplified by historical fiction

Summary/Abstract: The paper results from a project that inquires into narrative modes in Czech 19th century fiction. Drawing on findings in the genre of historical fiction (by F. A. Rokos, P. Chocholoušek and Karel Sabina) it poses the question whether at all, and to what extent narrative coherence may be taken into account in literary communication of the period and whether it may be considered a marker of evolution of the genre. This inquiry is conditioned by a differentiation between narrative and textual coherence, since the former seems to have a broader meaning, while the latter has been conceptualized as a result of analyzing mainly contemporary pragmatic texts. The second precondition is to eliminate the risk of applying the notion of coherence retrospectively. Both categories are put on test in relating them to other medial narratives, and individual historical features of (in)coherence are compared with alternative narrative options of the time.

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