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st. Surganova, 1, bldg. 2, Minsk, Republic of Belarus

DEPARTMENT OF THEORY AND HISTORY OF LITERATURE

Institute of Literary Studies
named after Yanka Kupala

Created in 1969 as a structural unit of the Yanka Kupala Institute of Literature under the name “Sector of Literary Theory”. Since 2016 – Department of Theory and History of Literature at the Yanka Kupala Institute of Literary Studies

Head of Department: доктор филологических наук, доцент Кислицина Анна Николаевна

  • Address:   State Scientific Institution “Center for Research of Belarusian Culture, Language and Literature of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus”, 220072, Minsk, st. Surganova, 1, bldg. 2, room 708
  • Раб тел.:   +375 (17) 270-15-01
  • e-mail:   kis-anna@mail.ru

The department employs:

Full name
Job title
Academic degree

Chief Researcher

Doctor of Philology, Associate Professor

Chief Researcher

Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor

Senior Researcher

Candidate of Philology

Senior Researcher

Candidate of Philology

Senior Researcher

Candidate of Philology

Senior Researcher

Candidate of Philology

Researcher

Junior Researcher

Junior Researcher

Junior Researcher

Main directions of scientific activity of the department

  • aesthetic essence of fiction
  • national-specific and universal in Belarusian literature
  • historical-functional study of literature
  • elite art and mass literature
  • literary theory in the era of globalization
  • strategic priorities of theoretical thinking
  • structure and content of scientific concepts of literary theory
  • main categories, terms, concepts of literary theory
  • general (theoretical and historical) poetics
  • artistic speech in its connections with other forms of linguistic activity
  • historical-functional study of literature
  • literary process theory
  • interdisciplinary connections of Belarusian literary studies
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