Književno-teorijski pogledi Edgara Alana Poa
Edgar Allan Poeʼs literary theory
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Cilj ove teze je da ispita književno-teorijske stavove Edgara Alana Poa i formuliše
poetiku njegove kriticke misli. Kao urednik brojnih casopisa koji su cirkulisali na
americkom tržištu prve polovine XIX vijeka Po je imao mogucnost da se upozna sa
aktuelnim književnim trendovima i ukusom citalacke publike. On je formulisao svoje
književno-teorijske stavove u velikoj mjeri zahvaljujuci radu u casopisima te je stoga
bio upoznat sa idejama njemackog transcendentalizma, engleskog romantizma,
britanske estetike zasnovane na Loku, savremenim dešavanjima na americkoj
književnoj sceni. Pomenuti stav potvrduje i podatak da je sve svoje eseje kao i kritike na
racun britanskih i americkih pisaca, „Marginalije“, „Pinakidiju“, „Literate grada
Njujorka“, i niz drugih djela, objavio upravo u periodici. Po nije uspio da za života
formuliše i sistematizuje poetiku svoje kriticke misli vec su njegovi književno-teorijski
stavovi rasuti po mnogim književnim kritikama i esejima. Istraživanje ce pokazati da... je
kao književni kriticar, „covjek sa bojevom sjekiricom“, odlucno zahtijevao
kompetentnost i dostojanstvo profesije, zalagao se za objektivnu kritiku književnih djela
koja ce se zasnivati na serioznosti, posvecenosti i neutralnom stavu kriticara te se s
pravom može nazvati prvim americkim profesionalnim kriticarem.
The aim of the thesis is to examine Edgar Allan Poe's literary theory and to formulate
the poetics of his critical thought. As an editor of numerous magazines which circulated
through the American market in the first half of the nineteenth century Poe had an
opportunity to become acquainted with current literary trends and readers' preferences.
He formulated his literary theory in large extent owing to his work in magazines,
therefore he was familiar with the ideas of German Transcendentalism, English
Romanticism, British aesthetics based on Locke, contemporary events which marked
American literary scene. Aforementioned issue is confirmed by the fact that all of his
essays, criticism on British and American writers, “Marginalia“, “Pinakidia“, “The
Literati of New York City“ as well as a number of other writings, were published in
periodicals. Poe did not succeed to formulate and systematize the poetics of his critical
thought during his lifetime. The statements of his literary theory a...re scattered
throughout numerous reviews and essays. Our research will show that as a literary critic
“the tomahawk man“ demanded determinedly competence and dignity of the profession,
made an effort toward objective criticism of literary works which would be grounded on
seriousness, commitment and critics' neutral attitude which means that he can be
rightfully called the first American professional critic.