Kapuściński non-fiction as a political biography. The leftism of Kapuściński in the context of the discourse on Polish People’s Republic Cover Image

Kapuściński non-fiction jako biografia polityczna. Lewicowość Kapuścińskiego w kontekście paraliżu dyskursu o PRL-u
Kapuściński non-fiction as a political biography. The leftism of Kapuściński in the context of the discourse on Polish People’s Republic

Author(s): Marlena Rycombel
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Sociology, Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Kapuściński non-fiction; discourse of communism; the Left; PRL; Ryszard Kapuściński

Summary/Abstract: In the article, the author is surveying the scientific discourse on political threads embraced in the Kapuściński non-fiction biography written by Artur Domosławski. This discourse spectacularly reveals the wider problem with the discourse on the Polish People’s Republic. There will be indicated how presuppositions concerning Ryszard’s Kapuściński leftism (valorized the leftism positively or negatively) position the interpretation of the book Kapuściński non-fiction. Various typologies of the discourse on PRL will be enumerated and the problem of whether the biography written by Artur Domosławski eludes the classical narration on real socialism will be discussed.

  • Issue Year: 48/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 401-415
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish