Metodološki in ideološki pluralizem v sodobni (postmoderni) literarni vedi

Abstract
Predavanje izhaja iz ugotovitve, da se spreminja temeljna paradigma slovenske literarne vede: v polpreteklem času prevladujoči metodološki ali ideološki monizem se umika pluralizmu metod in ideologij, kar ustreza kulturi postmoderne dobe. To pomeni, da morajo za legitimne veljati tako tradicionalne kot moderne metode, k čemur prispevajo svoj pomemben delež najnovejše (dekonstrukcija, feminizem, novi historizem). Primer feminizma, ki je bolj ideologija kot metoda, opozarja, da je minil tudi čas ideološkega monizma in da bodo v slovenski literarni vedi tako kot v preteklosti imele produktivno vlogo v odpiranju novih tem in pristopov postmoderne ideologije. The basic paradigm of Slovenian literary studies is changing: the methodological and ideological monism prevailing in the recent past is yielding ground to a pluralism of methods and ideologies appropriate for the culture of the postmodern period. This means that both traditional and contemporary methods are equally legitimate. An important place among contemporary methods goes to the most recent ones (deconstruction, feminism, new historicism). Feminism, which is an ideology rather than a method, is a prime example of how ideological monism is definitely a thing of the past, andof how modern methods will once again play a productive role in opening up new topics and approaches of postmodern ideology.