O slavistice, slovanství a slovanských literaturách. Několik reflexí V. Svatoně na dané téma
On Slavic studies, Slavism and Slavic literatures. Some thoughts of V. Svatoň on the topic

Summary/Abstract: Vladimír Svatoň became a Russian literary studies scholar and a comparatist, but he approachedRussian literary studies not only in the narrow scope of Slavic studies, but in a wider context of theworld literature. He rarely, and only later in his life, commented on the conception of Slavic studiesand the possibilities of research in Slavic literatures. All of his comments betray a critical attitudetoward the traditionally oriented Slavic studies, which have been pervaded by the romantic spiritof the National Revival. In his opinion a hidden prerequisite of Slavic studies is, in fact, a misguidedidea that “Slavs form a historical unity, a specific area of culture, and therefore also a specific subject of studies”. Among the leading figures of Czech Slavic literary studies Svatoň respected KarelKrejčí , and some of Frank Wollman’s ideas took his attention. The paper notes also some excerptsfrom Svatoň’s correspondence, in which the author reflects on the subject of the Slavic studies andon some issues of the comparative studies in Slavic literatures.

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