Czeski sen o strukturalizmie II (sytuacja po roku 1948)
The Czech dream about the structuralism (after the year 1948)

Summary/Abstract: The study concerns the problem of Czech structuralism viewed as one of the “Czech dreams” (Vladimír Macura’s term which, in general, means a national myth). The article describes the Czech structural theory as part of the national identity and national imagery in the second half of the 20th century. The author focuses specifically on the process of semiosis of structuralism in the post-war Czechoslovakia, especially on its evaluation in the communist propaganda and its relation to the Marxist theory. The problem of its connection to the post-structural literary theory is also undertaken. The paper ends with a description of the role, position and evaluation of structuralism in the Czech literary theory after the year 1989.

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