The Borderland between Conflicting Canons : Kristijonas
Donelaitis

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The Borderland between Conflicting Canons : Kristijonas Donelaitis

ŠEFERIS, Vaidas

Basic information

Original name

The Borderland between Conflicting Canons : Kristijonas Donelaitis

Authors

ŠEFERIS, Vaidas (440 Lithuania, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Leiden, Literary Canon Formation as Nation-Building in Central Europe and the Baltics : 19th to Early 20th Century, p. 230-255, 26 pp. 2021

Publisher

Brill

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Stať ve sborníku

Field of Study

60202 Specific languages

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

References:

Conference Paper Abstracts

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/21:00121353

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

ISBN

978-90-04-39839-9

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004457713_015

UT WoS

000844013400015

Keywords in English

Donelaitis; Donalitius; Lithuanian literature; Literary canon; Baltics; Baltic literatures; Lithuanian

Abstract

V originále

Kristijonas Donelaitis and his literary work are considered as cornerstones of the Lithuanian culture. Yet the significance of Donelaitis’ work is perceived in different ways. There are three main deciphering codes applied to Donelaitis in order to include his work into one of the cultural canons: a) Donelaitis as the representative of the classical Lithuanian language; b) as the representative of the classical Lithuanian literature; c) as the representative of the Prussian culture. These patterns of Donelaitis’ readings show interesting interrelations through the history and reveal different mechanisms of constructing and reconstructing the literary canon, may it be Lithuanian or Prussian. Donelaitis work becomes the symbolic “borderland”, where its readers engage in enthusiastic cooperation and passionate conflicts, trying to reveal its “true” nature. Our paper will inquire relations between those three reading patterns, their origin and their influence on the interpretative perspective.

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ŠEFERIS, Vaidas. The Borderland between Conflicting Canons : Kristijonas Donelaitis. In Kučinskiené, Aisté; Šeina, Viktorija; Speičyté, Brigita. Literary Canon Formation as Nation-Building in Central Europe and the Baltics : 19th to Early 20th Century. Leiden: Brill, 2021, p. 230-255. ISBN 978-90-04-39839-9. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004457713_015.

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