THEORETICAL POETICS THROUGH THE PRISM OF IDENTIFICATION AND TRANSFORMATION OF THE CONCEPTUAL-TERMINOLOGICAL APPARATUS
Abstract
The study addresses a range of theoretical and methodological issues related to the precise interpretation of the fundamental categories that shaped the early system of concepts in theoretical poetics and laid the scientific foundations for literary studies as an independent discipline. The genesis and historical evolution of the category poetics, as well as related concepts such as truth, falsehood, and verisimilitude, are examined. These notions emerged within philosophical and aesthetic doctrines and determined the methodological directions for the analysis of a literary work. It is emphasized that the development of this terminology contributed to the establishment of the first coherent conceptual system and the theoretical framework of literary scholarship, within which poetics initially referred to the science of literature as a whole. As the object and subject matter of literary studies expanded and its theoretical foundations evolved, poetics came to be regarded as a fundamental category of literary theory. Tracing the historical evolution of the concept of poetics makes it possible to follow the formation of literary studies as a scientific discipline. The article, therefore, seeks to identify the theoretical underpinnings of literary scholarship through the analysis of the processes of identification, reinterpretation, and transformation of its conceptual and terminological apparatus. This, in turn, ensures the accurate use and interpretation of key terms and contributes to improving the quality of literary text analysis.
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