(Literary Criticism and Cultural Heritage in Pragmatic Contexts. On the Legacy of Peter Liba)

Abstract: The study evaluates the methodological contribution of a Slovak literary scholar Peter Liba (1931 – 2020), who was one of the founders of the Institute for Research of Constantine and Methodius’ Cultural Heritage and the University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra. As a literary scholar, Liba significantly influenced the theory of interpretation and communication in a number of humanistic fields of study and thematic areas (folklore, popular literature, translation, children’s and youth literature, bibliography, biography studies, textology, culturology etc.). The study also defines the researcher’s autonomous position within the so-called semiotic-communication Nitra school and its expressive theory of the text, which the work of aforementioned professor enriched interdisciplinary with diachronic and comparative aspects of not only primary but also secondary communication. Within its framework, Liba elaborated on the problems of the functions of literary education, typology of reading and literacy, literary-museum communication, biography studies and circulation of the so-called degraded layers of literary development. As a literary theorist, he came from textological analysis and heuristic research to uncovering the connections between literature and culture and its ethical dimension.

Authors: Zelenková, Anna – Mikulášek, Alexej

DOI: 10.17846/CL.2021.14.1.167-176

Publication order reference: doc. PhDr. Anna Zelenková, Ph.D.; Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Slavonic Studies, Valentinská 1, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic; email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

PhDr. et PaedDr. Alexej Mikulášek, PhD.; Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Faculty of Central European Studies, Institute of Languages and Cultures of Central Europe, Dražovská 4, 949 74 Nitra, Slovakia; email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; ORCID ID: 0000-0001-9036-0816, WOS Researcher ID: AAE-3464-2020,  SCOPUS Author ID: 57213591325

Source: Konštatínove listy, 2021, vol.: 14, issue: 1, pages: 167-176 (PDF file)

Keywords: PETER LIBA, NITRA SCHOOL, SLOVAK LITERARY CRITICISM, COMMUNICATION THEORY, CULTUROLOGY, INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH OF CONSTANTINE AND METHODIUS’ CULTURAL HERITAGE

Language: CZECH