SÚČASNÝ SLOVAKISTICKÝ VÝSKUM NA FILOZOFICKEJ FAKULTE UNIVERZITY SV. CYRILA A METODA V TRNAVE

The intention of the authors of the paper is to present the main areas of scientific research activities of the staff of the Department of Slovak Language and Literature at the Faculty of Arts of the UCM in Trnava. The authors’ attention is focused mainly on the current state of research, but they also briefly and selectively point out the short history of the department, as it is one of the youngest higher education institutions in Slovakia dedicated to research of national language and literature. The structure of the text reflects two stages of the department’s development, before 2016 and after 2016, when there was a significant change in staff. The overview of the current research activities of the members of the department also suggests further directions and challenges that this “young” department has to face.