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Bierni pisarze i wyrozumiali czytelnicy. Instytucja i interpretacja w polu badawczym antropologii literatury
Get PDFThis essay presents a polemic against the anthropology of literature. The author examines the relation between the ethics of interpretation and the discourse of the anthropology of literature as well as cultural studies. She also shows theoretical conditions under which a textual subject appears to be weak and passive and thus becomes just a field in which a researcher can inscribe various cultural identities. In this way a researcher tries to restitute the subject after its poststructural “death”, but he/she might do that only by mediation through social and cultural identities, which he/she actually examines. On the practical level this entanglement causes a situation in which writers and artists create works that fulfill institutional expectations. It would be therefore necessary to establish to what extent an anthropological approach towards a text enables us to invent new models of subjectivity. Without this it would be difficult to consider literary/cultural studies to be a truly critical discipline based on independent, yet collaborative reflection to be found in theoretical and artistic texts alike.This essay presents a polemic against the anthropology of literature. The author examines the relation between the ethics of interpretation and the discourse of the anthropology of literature as well as cultural studies. She also shows theoretical conditions under which a textual subject appears to be weak and passive and thus becomes just a field in which a researcher can inscribe various cultural identities. In this way a researcher tries to restitute the subject after its poststructural “death”, but he/she might do that only by mediation through social and cultural identities, which he/she actually examines. On the practical level this entanglement causes a situation in which writers and artists create works that fulfill institutional expectations. It would be therefore necessary to establish to what extent an anthropological approach towards a text enables us to invent new models of subjectivity. Without this it would be difficult to consider literary/cultural studies to be a truly critical discipline based on independent, yet collaborative reflection to be found in theoretical and artistic texts alike
Przyrządzanie wizerunku Murzyna w antologii „Niam niam” Edwarda Kozikowskiego i Emila Zegadłowicza
Get PDFThe article presents an interpretation of texts published in 1923 as a collection of translated African poetry, which was in fact a literary mystification. The concepts of postcolonial criticism are used to analyze some racial stereotypes that have been updated by the authors of the performance and to demonstrate how they project their own ideas of regionalism and primitivism on the characters in their poems, thereby committing an act of symbolic anthropophagyThe article presents an interpretation of texts published in 1923 as a collection of translated African poetry, which was in fact a literary mystification. The concepts of postcolonial criticism are used to analyze some racial stereotypes that have been updated by the authors of the performance and to demonstrate how they project their own ideas of regionalism and primitivism on the characters in their poems, thereby committing an act of symbolic anthropophag
Wstrętne przypadłości ciała w poezji Eugeniusza Tkaczyszyna-Dyckiego
Get PDFThis article presents a confrontation of consciousness with bodiliness and physiology which can be observed in the poetry of Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki. Dycki points out that there is no such thing as a disembodied consciousness and makes the attempts to cross borders which are determined by language. He tries to get through to the semiotic sources of subjectivity, paying attention to the fact that a human is not able to get out of the cultural burden. The body and physiology, in this poetry, have the transgressive potential which invalidate binary oppositions. The sublimation of abject, putting emphasis on the processes of disgust/rejection as the foundation of self-image formation, allow Dycki to weaken the power of the symbolic system and episodically elude the paternalistic order.This article presents a confrontation of consciousness with bodiliness and physiology which can be observed in the poetry of Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki. Dycki points out that there is no such thing as a disembodied consciousness and makes the attempts to cross borders which are determined by language. He tries to get through to the semiotic sources of subjectivity, paying attention to the fact that a human is not able to get out of the cultural burden. The body and physiology, in this poetry, have the transgressive potential which invalidate binary oppositions. The sublimation of abject, putting emphasis on the processes of disgust/rejection as the foundation of self-image formation, allow Dycki to weaken the power of the symbolic system and episodically elude the paternalistic order
Potencjał ewolucyjny metakrytyczności na przykładzie powieści graficznej „Strażnicy” Alana Moore’a i Dave’a Gibbonsa
Get PDFThis article discusses the impact of self-awareness and metacritical tendencies within the texts of popular culture on the development of genres in the politypical chain. The preliminary analysis proposed in the second part of this paper concerns the contemporary comics, which represent the blurring of boundaries between “high” and “low” culture. The author chose Moore’s graphic novel Watchmen as the subject of this brief study. The novel exemplifies evolutionary changes associated with a metacritical attitude introduced in the area of schematic, American superhero graphic stories.This article discusses the impact of self-awareness and metacritical tendencies within the texts of popular culture on the development of genres in the politypical chain. The preliminary analysis proposed in the second part of this paper concerns the contemporary comics, which represent the blurring of boundaries between “high” and “low” culture. The author chose Moore’s graphic novel Watchmen as the subject of this brief study. The novel exemplifies evolutionary changes associated with a metacritical attitude introduced in the area of schematic, American superhero graphic stories
There is no such thing as Society. „Ferdydurke” w neoliberalizmie, postmodernizm i płeć
Get PDFIn this article Ferdydurke is discussed as a forerunner of the logic of late capitalism with all its repercussions, as identified by Frederick Jameson. Gombrowicz’s novel is seen as an early prognosis of neoliberal ideology, with its demands for effectivity and productivity as well as negation of social and affective bonds. Margaret Thatcher’s aphorism: “there is no such thing as society” is a pretext for a critical analysis of Ferdydurke, including the feminist critics of the European vision of the subject built on fear of the Other. This feminist analysis of Ferdydurke reveals several problems with the notion of body – theories of Julia Kristeva (on abjection) and Lynda Nead (on the female nude) are employed to demonstrate this argument. The main conclusion that can be drawn from this analysis is that queer disruptions of the binary logic of gender oppositions do not necessarily produce anti-patriarchal results.In this article Ferdydurke is discussed as a forerunner of the logic of late capitalism with all its repercussions, as identified by Frederick Jameson. Gombrowicz’s novel is seen as an early prognosis of neoliberal ideology, with its demands for effectivity and productivity as well as negation of social and affective bonds. Margaret Thatcher’s aphorism: “there is no such thing as society” is a pretext for a critical analysis of Ferdydurke, including the feminist critics of the European vision of the subject built on fear of the Other. This feminist analysis of Ferdydurke reveals several problems with the notion of body – theories of Julia Kristeva (on abjection) and Lynda Nead (on the female nude) are employed to demonstrate this argument. The main conclusion that can be drawn from this analysis is that queer disruptions of the binary logic of gender oppositions do not necessarily produce anti-patriarchal results
Dusza, monstra i życie na Księżycu. Teoria antropologiczna w barokowej „scientia curiosa” Wojciecha Tylkowskiego
Get PDFThe article deals with the main points of the anthropological theory presented in the work of a baroque encyclopedist Wojciech Tylkowski which is entitled Uczone rozmowy [Learned Conversations] (1692). This theory combined the elements of theology, philosophy, science and common knowledge. It was presented as scientia curiosa, i.e. a convention which was used during the baroque era to popularize science. The most important aspects of the theory are: the concept of the human soul, four temperaments, the structure and operation of sense organs, the reasons for monstrous births, origins and manifestations of insanity, care of a guardian angel for a man, speculations about the idea of plurality of worlds and the possibility of people living on the Moon.The article deals with the main points of the anthropological theory presented in the work of a baroque encyclopedist Wojciech Tylkowski which is entitled Uczone rozmowy [Learned Conversations] (1692). This theory combined the elements of theology, philosophy, science and common knowledge. It was presented as scientia curiosa, i.e. a convention which was used during the baroque era to popularize science. The most important aspects of the theory are: the concept of the human soul, four temperaments, the structure and operation of sense organs, the reasons for monstrous births, origins and manifestations of insanity, care of a guardian angel for a man, speculations about the idea of plurality of worlds and the possibility of people living on the Moon
Gombrowicz a polski film fabularny
Get PDFThis article presents the influence that Witold Gombrowicz’s work has had on Polish cinema. It covers several generations of directors, for example, Andrzej Munk (born in the 1920s), Roman Polański and Jerzy Skolimowski (born in the 1930) as well as Agnieszka Holland, Piotr Szulkin and Marek Koterski (born in the 1940s and 1950s), and discusses the topic of film adaptations of his books (Jerzy Skolimowski’s Ferdydurke and Jan Jakub Kolski’s Pornografia [Pornography]). The article shows that Polish cinema uses Gombrowicz’s works most of all by taking up the issue of life’s authenticity and inauthenticity as well as to demythologize Polish tradition and history. As for esthetics, it employs Gombrowicz’s favorite style, i.e. the grotesque.This article presents the influence that Witold Gombrowicz’s work has had on Polish cinema. It covers several generations of directors, for example, Andrzej Munk (born in the 1920s), Roman Polański and Jerzy Skolimowski (born in the 1930) as well as Agnieszka Holland, Piotr Szulkin and Marek Koterski (born in the 1940s and 1950s), and discusses the topic of film adaptations of his books (Jerzy Skolimowski’s Ferdydurke and Jan Jakub Kolski’s Pornografia [Pornography]). The article shows that Polish cinema uses Gombrowicz’s works most of all by taking up the issue of life’s authenticity and inauthenticity as well as to demythologize Polish tradition and history. As for esthetics, it employs Gombrowicz’s favorite style, i.e. the grotesque