Since the beginning of the 1960-ties, literature has appeared in its altered communicative situation in comparison to the centuries of its history. This otherness has been shaped by the more and more conspicuous presence ...

The article aims at presenting one of possible interpretations of autobiographism in the new Polish prose. It does not contain detailed analyses of particular novels but it focuses on the very interpretative device, ...

The presented article discusses the interaction of certain kinds of autobiographism and intertextuality. The author comments on two books by notable writers: Pamflet na siebie by T. Konwicki and Lapidaria by R. Kapuściński, ...

The author attempts to demonstrate the change in the function of literary criticism against the background of widespread commercialization of culture. The change consists in departing from the interpretation of a certain ...

The article attempts to situate autobiographical writing within the space of ’’new communication” outlined by the media. Features of this kind of communication are determined by the increasing importance of theatrical ...

The article discusses a specific kind of journey which is browsing through. It is a journey through one’s own library, archives, collections of texts or photographs. It requires an act of “estrangement” (Szklowski’s ...

The article is devoted to the methods of description of man and world in R. Kapuścińskie last books (Imperium, The Shadow of the Sun, Travels with Herodotus, and Lapidaria IV-VII). The author tries to show that Kapuścińskie ...

The article presents a specific kind of narrative – the story that the viewers of popular TV series create in their minds while watching them. In their majority, they are, at the same time, readers of tabloids, which ...