Nestalnost zanrovskih granica: lazno pitanje ili sustina knjizevnog stvaranja?
Volatility of the Genres’ Division: a False Question or the Essence of the Literary Creation?

Summary/Abstract: The evolution of the literature was always following the evolution of the theoretical thinking. But, the tradition for the centuries long theoretical researches doesn’t imply neither the precise terminology nor the unique and final definitions of fundamental concepts of literary theory. We need to look for the cause of this situation, primarily, in the fact that literature develops all the times, it accommodates to social conditions in the times it was emerging in. Literature is a result of the interaction with other areas of human creation or with other areas of arts, philosophy, psychology, religion... The literary genre is a very controversial concept in the history of the literary-theoretical thinking. These problems attract the attention of literary researchers for centuries. This article tries to answer a question of the definition of literary genres and their volatility, paying a special attention to the theoretical views of Emil Staiger and his conception of the lyric, epic and dramatical, and theory of drama of Manfred Pfister.

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