Estetyka dzieła literackiego w strukturalistycznej koncepcji Jana MukaŘovskiego
Aesthetics of a literary work in the structuralist conception of Jan Mukařovský

Summary/Abstract: Structuralism as an area in literary science researches was a main topic at the universities of the First Czechoslovak Republic in the first half of twentieth century. The article focuses on one of the most important members of the Prague linguistics circle, structuralist Jan Mukařovský and his studies about esthetics in spirit of structuralism. He has redefined the concept of esthetic value, norm and function and also made many others elements of coherent science theory. He has worked on the concepts of structure, semantic gesture and individuality in art. Elements of his theory were used by neo- structuralists and nowadays narratologists in the analyses of literary works.

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