Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin 1965, an gayyaci Doležel a matsayin farfesa mai ziyara a Jami'ar Michigan a Ann Arbor, inda ya zauna har zuwa 1968. Ya yi aiki tare (tare da Richard W. Bailey) tarin nazarin "Statistics and Style" (American Elsevier, 1969). Bayan dawowarsa Prague an nada shi masanin bincike na Cibiyar Adabin Czech na Cibiyar Kimiyya ta Czechoslovak, amma a cikin kaka na 1968 ya bar ƙasar bayan da aka yanke hukuncin kisa.
Soviet mamayewa na Czechoslovakia. An gayyace shi zuwa Jami'ar Toronto a matsayin farfesa mai ziyara a Sashen Harsunan Slavic da Adabi, inda daga baya ya zama farfesa na yau da kullun. Ya kafa nazarin harshen Czech da adabi a jami'a. A shekarar 1982 an nada shi zuwa Cibiyar Nazarin Adabi. Babban sha'awar bincikensa shine ka'idar adabi, tare da mai da hankali kan labari (narratology). Matsayin ka'idar Doležel ya sami tasirin tasirin falsafar nazari, musamman ta hanyar tsarin ra'ayi na yiwuwar duniya. A lokacin da ya yi ritaya a shekarar 1988, Cibiyar ta shirya taron kasa da kasa "Fictions and Worlds".