Individualni in kolektivni spomin sta znakovna, imata identitetno funkcijo. Literatura je medij kulturnega spomina: literarni teksti so sledi minulih doživetij in mentalitet, pa tudi časovni ...palimpsesti; literarni kanon prek družbenih mehanizmov zagotavlja trajnost reprezentativnih idej in predstav, topika in mnemotehnika pa kontinuiteto argumentacije in imaginacije; motivi in teme novo ustvarjanje in branje vežejo na spominske sheme; z zvrstmi se obnavljajo stare upodobitve sveta, s citatnostjo pa se literatura spominja svoje tradicije, jo preoblikuje in vstopa v družbenozgodovinski kontekst.
Vprašanje o literarnosti prizadeva tudi identiteto literarne teorije kot avtonomne discipline. Literarnost ni niti invariantni snop "notranjih" lastnosti vseh besedil, ki veljajo za literarna, niti ...samo "zunanja", družbena konvencija. Opredelimo jo lahko kot učinek besedila v literarnem sistemu, mogoč samo na podlagi paradigem in konvencij iz literarnega kanona.
The work is based on the author's validated dissertation "Aesthetics Categories in De Amore Tractatus ". The goal is to make the tractatus accessible and to elucidate the circumstances of its ...origination and context (court culture in France in the 12th century). The core of the text lies in the researching of the body and soul aspects of beauty as the sources of a possible moral path to perfection. First, attention is paid to the eight dialogues of the tractatus. This part of the publication also investigates and critically assesses foreign scientific output of the last 100 years. The book is intended for an audience that is interested in the phenomenon of court culture and is thoroughly acquainted with its basic concepts.
