Jadąc do… kina w Solcu.: Uwagi o ruinach w prozie Andrzeja Stasiuka
On the Road to... the Cinema in Solec. Notes on Ruins in Andrzej Stasiuk’s Prose

Summary/Abstract: Writing about the modes of ruins representation in Andrzej Stasiuk’s travel prose, the author focuses on the patterns of their presence and distinguishes two major types of their representation: post-industrial and anthropic. The problem of the functions of ruins and the subject’s motivation based on the acts of perception and description constitute another important aspect. Hence, the article discusses both the theme of ruins melancholy, largely present in the reception of Stasiuk’s texts, and the less often analysed mystical experience for which ruins become a catalyst (consequently, applying the analysis of accidence, the fragments of On the Road to Babadag devoted to the ruins of the Solec cinema are examined).

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