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Title of the article: |
INTERPRETATION OF PRAGMATISM IN K. CHAPEK'S WORK |
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Author(s): |
Ksenia K. Maslova |
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Information about the author/authors |
Ksenia K. Maslova — Researcher, А.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Povarskaya St., 25А, bldg. 1, 121069 Moscow, Russia. |
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Section |
Philological sciences |
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Year |
2024 |
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Volume |
Vol. 74 |
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Pages |
pp. 182–195 |
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Received |
April 15, 2024 |
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Approved after reviewing |
July 25, 2024 |
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Date of publication |
December 29, 2024 |
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DOI: |
https://doi.org/10.37816/2073-9567-2024-74-182-195 |
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Index UDK |
821.162.3.0 + 1/14 |
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Index BBK |
83.3(4Чех) + 87.3(7Сое)5-679 |
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Abstract |
The revolutions of 1848 became a turning point, after which philosophy faced new challenges and the need to adapt to the changed conditions of reality. This led to the emergence of a number of new trends in the twentieth century, such as positivism, neopositivism, pragmatism, psychoanalysis, neo-Freudianism and existentialism. Each of these directions offered its own ways of comprehending human experience and understanding the world. The paper focuses on positivism and pragmatism, the latter as its varieties, which have had a significant impact on cultural and philosophical thought. Pragmatism, which originated in the United States, quickly penetrated into European, and hence into Czechoslovak culture, becoming an integral part of the intellectual environment. In the same way Karel Chapek came under the influence of this philosophy, which had a significant impact on his work. The purpose of the study is to analyze how these philosophical ideas determined his worldview and literary activity. To this end it is necessary to solve several tasks: to study the foundations of pragmatism and its concepts, to understand its significance in the European and Czechoslovak context, and, finally, to analyze a number of Chapek's texts in order to identify how pragmatism affected his personal philosophy and creative approach. |
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Keywords |
Autofiction, Literature of Trauma, Documentary Fiction, Autobiography, Anna Kozlova, Roman Senchin, Women's Writing. |
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Reference |
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