Potebnya and his Followers in Roman Jakobson’s Lectures at the Masaryk University in Brno (1935)

In 1935 Roman Jakobson gave a series of lectures in Czech titled “The Formalist School and Contemporary Russian linguistics”. It was only seventy years later that the original discovered published, followed by not always accurate translation. This work prominent member has until now been analyzed Ukrainian scholars. Its importance lies fact it link is demonstrated between this school Kharkov Philological School. The purpose article to place among group sources current discussion about Potebnya his followers. By contrasting Potebnya’s teachings with fundamental ideas so-called psychological literary study (a name sometimes assumed be synonym School), himself occasionally, following Viktor Shklovsky’s example, polemicizes himself, but view suited Formalists themselves order turn construct their own polemic (that poetry “thinking images”, etc.). Apart from method comparative analysis scholarly texts (Jakobson’s [1935); “Potebnya” [1919]; late works; works followers D. Ovsyanniko-Kulikovsky, V. Khartsiev, А. Gornfeld, T. Raynov) author uses biographical lá Raynov. means taking into account historical context work, state scholar while creating etc. basic result such combined approach Jakobson’s certain reassessment development doctrine regarding “poetic language” when viewed its sources.