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The text investigates critical history of two important genological concepts which appeared in Central European (mostly Czech, German and Polish) folkloristics in the 20th century: Zeitungssage (newspaper legend) and personal experience narrative (memorate). Both of these concepts appeared as somewhat desperate attempt of the textocentric discipline to deal with growing number of documented oral narratives...