| Summary: | The present thesis entitled The Aspects of ‚Skaz' (On the B. M. Eikhenbaum's Theory of Literature) concerns with the narrative strategy, which B. Eikhenbaum during the 1th and 2nd decade of the 20th century called ‚skaz'. The scholar offered a concept explaning skaz as the specific narrative form closely connected with the spontaneous verbal praxis. The starting point of my explanation are three Eikhenbaum's studies: The Illusion of Skaz (1918), How Gogol's ‚Overcoat' Is Made (1918) and Leskov and Contemporary Prose (1925). On this material are shown both the constants and the shifts in the outlining of the skaz problematic. The goal of the thesis is to examine Eikhenbaum's concept on the one 128 hand, and to offer the further potential readings and relate the task with the larger field of reflectations on the other hand. The explanation is devided into two parts: whereas the emphasis of the first of them is laid on the theoretical explanation of the problem, the second one deals with the interpretations of certain works of art. Therefore, in the beginning is displayed the context of formalist attitude to the literature as a basis, from which grows Eikhenbaum's own theory. The reception of it is outlined further - it ranges from a glowing reception (within formalism) across the sharp refusal then to further...
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