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Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature 38

Literary Structure, Evolution, and Value

Russian Formalism and Czech Structuralism Reconsidered

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  • Introduction
  • 1. The Formalist Theory of Prose and Literary Evolution
  • 2. From Russian Formalism to Czech Structuralism
  • 3. Felix Vodicka’s Theory of Reception and Structuralist Literary History
  • 4. Czech Structuralism and the Present Debate about Aesthetic Value
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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