34.1237, Calls: Czech ; History of Linguistics / Slovo a Slovesnost (Jrnl)

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Subject: 34.1237, Calls: Czech ; History of Linguistics / Slovo a Slovesnost (Jrnl)

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Date: 15-Apr-2023
From: Petr Kaderka [kaderka at ujc.cas.cz]
Subject: Czech ; History of Linguistics / Slovo a Slovesnost (Jrnl)

Call for Papers:

Czech Structuralism Revisited

Editors:
Ondřej Sládek (Institute of Czech Literature, Czech Academy of
Sciences)
Petr Kaderka (Czech Language Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences)

The history of Czech structuralism is inseparably connected with the
Prague Linguistic Circle (1926-1952; renewed 1990), which served as a
base for formulating fundamental methodological premises, theoretical
concepts, and theses concerning structural and functional approaches
to the study of language, literature, and art in general. The
importance of Prague as a key link between Russian formalism and
French structuralism, as well as the impact of the Prague Linguistic
Circle on the formation and development of modern linguistics,
literary studies, and aesthetics, are generally known facts.

Much has been written about the Prague School and Czech structuralism
in general. There are dozens of studies that interpret this scholarly
approach in different contexts. However, many associated Czech
structuralism exclusively with the classical period of the Prague
School, i.e., the years 1926-1948. But one can hardly forget the
1960s, when structuralism developed into extraordinary forms in Czech
and Slovak linguistics, literary studies, and aesthetics. Although
structuralism fell into disgrace in the official science policy of
Czechoslovakia during the 1950s and 1970s, some of its analytical
methods and concepts were still being employed. Moreover, the specific
combination of structural and functional approaches that characterizes
the Prague School structuralism was further developed in the second
half of the 20th century in mutual contacts between both European and
non-European scholars, including exiles from Czechoslovakia.

The forthcoming centenary of the Prague Linguistic Circle provides an
opportunity to reflect on the role Czech structuralism played in the
history of linguistic and literary studies, both domestically and
internationally. Given the many historical, societal and
discipline-specific contexts, we could ask, for example: To what
extent have the main theses of the Prague School been accepted,
developed or challenged in different scholarly fields over time? How
has the use of some key terms changed? What assumptions, postulates or
axioms are now considered obsolete? And what is still influential and
stimulating?

Research Topics

We welcome papers based on both historical and methodological
approaches, and preferably a combination of the two. We are
particularly interested in:
• Historical and contemporary forms of Czech structuralism in
linguistics and literary studies.
• Discussion of the original theoretical and methodological concepts
of Czech structuralism (e.g., structure, function, value, semantic
gesture, etc.).
• Application possibilities for Czech structuralism’s concepts in
contemporary linguistics and literary studies as well as other
disciplines (semiotics, sociology, anthropology, art history and
theory, etc.).
• Czech structuralism’s relationships with other structuralisms and
schools of thought such as formalism, phenomenology, hermeneutics,
etc.

Timeline and procedure

Please send abstracts of proposed articles (up to one standard page in
length, i.e., 1800 characters, including spaces) to the addresses
listed below by May 31, 2023. The abstracts will be reviewed by the
special issue’s editors and the editorial staff of Slovo a
slovesnost. Selected authors will be contacted by email by June 30,
2023. The submission date for articles is December 31, 2023. The
accepted language for abstracts and publication is English. All
articles will be submitted for peer review. The special issue will be
published in 2024.

All information about the special issue as well as the journal "Slovo
a slovesnost" is available online here:

https://asjournals.lib.cas.cz/slovoaslovesnost/o-casopisu/pripravujeme
?lang=en

Abstracts should be sent to the following email addresses:
sladek at ucl.cas.cz; kaderka at ujc.cas.cz; slovo at ujc.cas.cz

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