„Hustý popis“ jako literárněvědná metoda? // "Thick description" as a method of literary theory?
This paper deals with a selected example of the understanding of the Anglo-Saxon New Historicism by German literary scholars. It focuses on the method of “thick description” as formulated by the American anthropologist Clifford Geertz and as criticized by German literary scholar and ethnologist T...
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Univerzita Karlova, Filozofická Fakulta
2016-11-01
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| Series: | Svět Literatury |
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| Online Access: | http://svetliteratury.ff.cuni.cz/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2017/01/jitka_paitlova_52-64.pdf |
| Summary: | This paper deals with a selected example of the understanding of the Anglo-Saxon New Historicism
by German literary scholars. It focuses on the method of “thick description” as formulated by the
American anthropologist Clifford Geertz and as criticized by German literary scholar and ethnologist
Thomas Fechner-Smarsly. In connection with the so-called anthropological turn, it consists in the
application of ethnology in literary criticism. According to Geertz a semantic density arises from
the complexity of described, but Geertz fails to formulate a general theory. Fechner sees a great
potential for literary studies in the method of “thick description”, but he criticizes the lack of system
in Geertz’, when he is reluctant to formulate a generally applicable model of this method. Fechner
therefore calls for contextualization, organization and instantiation methods of “thick description”
in literary studies and, moreover, emphasizes the interdisciplinary overlap. |
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| ISSN: | 0862-8440 2336-6729 |