Rytmy a gravitace - Studie o románovém stylu – Papoušek Vladimír (2023)

In a series of studies on the novel style, the author poses several fundamental questions: What shapes the style of prose expression? Does the stylistic specificity of a particular work contribute to its recognition and long-term presence in social discourse despite the changes of time? Or conversely, does this specificity delay, hinder, or even permanently negate its recognition, which ultimately determines whether the work becomes canonical or anti-canonical? ***** In the first part of the book, the author offers several theoretical studies that attempt to capture possible general elements of style, such as rhythm, contradiction or 'conflict', figuration, vocabulary, etc. He employs methodological supports from the field of speech act theory and analytical philosophy (John Searle or Donald Davidson), neopragmatism (Richard Rorty), or French poststructuralism (Jean-François Lyotard). In the second part, he examines specific poetics of authors in several case studies, both those whose works have become canonical (Jaroslav Hašek or Milan Kundera) and those who have long remained outside broader attention and whose poetics have been defined as minority or marginal, even though their recognition has shifted over time (Ladislav Klíma, Jaroslav Durych, or Karel...