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W świecie masek. Tożsamość historyka literatury
In the World of Masks. The Identity of a Literature Historian

Author(s): Ewelina Suszek
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego

Summary/Abstract: The author looks at metaphors and comparisons used by researchers to describe a literature historian, utilizing a cognitivist approach – that in cognizance, metaphors serve a function analogous to our senses and like masks, they expose some features of an item. In the article, she emphasizes a multitude of masks a literature historian must wear, often forced by current paradigms, and thus – she points to a variety of the historian’s roles, which results in a blurred identity.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 1+2 (5)
  • Page Range: 141-153
  • Page Count: 13