The paper acknowledges the contribution of the Czech Slavonie scholar Ivo Pospíšil to advancement in modern genelogy, mentioning his works on the chronicle and problems of defining the genre at historical turning points. As a follower of the Brno School (F. Wollman), Pospíšil reconciles, through emphasis on the category of readers, comparative research on the genre with semiotically communicative and anthropological conceptions.
Ivo Pospíšil; modern genelogy; Czech Slavonie scholar; anthropological conceptions