Peryperformatyka jako chwyt. Oddolne metody Witolda Gombrowicza
Periperformativity as a Device. The Grassroots Methods of Witold Gombrowicz

Summary/Abstract: The author attempts a reading of Witold Gombrowicz's work through the concept of periperformativity presented by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick. In particular, she examines two works: Virginity and Ivona, Princess of Burgundia. Dauksza analyses how and to what purpose Gombrowicz employs the agency of the periperformative acts, and what the textual consequences of this are. The analysis becomes an opportunity to reflect on the qualities and functions of periperformativity. It also allows to realise anew the subversive and affective potential of Gombrowicz's work and draw attention to the scale of social criticism conducted by this writer.

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