Josef Jungmann: A Literary Critic as a National Philologist
| Pages | 40–49 |
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| DOI | 10.37520/amnpsc.2024.005 |
| Keywords | literary criticism – national philology – Czech national movement – Josef Jungmann |
| Type of Article | Peer-reviewed |
| Citation | DOBIÁŠ, Dalibor. Josef Jungmann: A Literary Critic as a National Philologist. Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae – Historia litterarum. Prague: National Museum, 2024, 69(1-2), 40–49. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37520/amnpsc.2024.005. ISSN 2570-6861 (Print), 2570-687X (Online). Also available from: https://publikace.nm.cz/en/periodicals/acta-musei-nationalis-pragae-historia-litterarum/69-1-2/josef-jungmann-a-literary-critic-as-a-national-philologist |
Josef Jungmann (1773–1847) is traditionally considered to be the founder of Czech literary criticism (in the sense of Literaturkritik), although he did not, with a few exceptions, write the actual reviews of fiction, which were crucial for the development of the discussion of literature in the public sphere. The study is a reaction to the difficulties with Jungmann’s classification in earlier research and ranks him as a Czech type of national philological critic (cf. M.-G. Dehrmann’s notion of ‘poeta philologus’) who defines the roles of modern Czech authors and their freedom in dialogue with the developing national philology. This critical character of Jungmann’s work initiates literary innovations in his earlier works as well as an attempt to stabilise the system formed from the 1830s onwards. The approach also makes it possible to classify this literary work in the broader coordinates of the formation of literatures in Central Europe.
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