Jan Mukařovský

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1891 – 1975

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Who was Jan Mukařovský?

Jan Mukařovský was a Czech literary and aesthetic theorist.

He was professor at the Charles University of Prague. He is well known for his association with early structuralism as well as with the Prague Linguistic Circle, and for his development of the ideas of Russian formalism. Mukařovský had a profound influence on structuralist theory of literature, comparable to that of Roman Jakobson.

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Born
Nov 11, 1891
Písek
Also known as
  • Jan Mukarovsky
Died
Feb 8, 1975
Prague

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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