Paralelnosti teórií kánonu: literárnohistorické aspekty
Canon theory parallels: literary historical aspects

Summary/Abstract: This paper investigates the main issues of literary canon formation and the debates over the literary canon, concerning aspects such as the bequeathing of cultural values, institutional authority and cultural memory, from the hypothetical terms “World-literature classics” to the question of the archaeology of communication, whilst aiming to draw attention primarily to the terminological gaps and blind spots of canon literature. Most of the theoretic treatises of the last 30 years, including the base texts of the US canon debate in the last decades of the 20th century, were not necessarily based upon the same canon concepts. Concerning this, the author assumes the existence of two major canon concepts; one is tighter and more professional, used in a paradigmatic meaning, featured obviously by ease of variability; while the other is much wider, and due to its cultural background, normativity seems to be less variable, rather determining and correlating with some segments of tradition.

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