A few comments on textological-editorial issues ofliterary texts from the 171h - 181h centuries

Abstract

The article deals with several textological and editorial problems of Slovak literature in the 17th – 18th centuries which fundamenatally differ from those of the research and publishing of literary texts in later periods. With regard to her long-term view of the subject the author draws attention to the differences in three essential textological principles defining text features. 1. The understanding of the notions authorial subject and authenticity of his/her literary production; 2. the degree and character of preservation of text sources, 3. the unsettleness and unstableness of the prescribed forms of the domestic literary language (particularly the issue of literary texts written in Latin, German etc). At the same time she critically reflects the current situation in Slovak textology and editorial practice. The causes of its unsatisfactory condition cannot only be attributed to the radical change of the basic conditions in the publishing sector after the year 1989.

Keywords

• textology
• editorial practice
• text source
• source text