Space as an image of consciousness in the novel Memoirs Found in a Bathtub by Stanisław Lem Cover Image

Przestrzeń jako obraz świadomości w powieści Stanisława Lema „Pamiętnik znaleziony w wannie”
Space as an image of consciousness in the novel Memoirs Found in a Bathtub by Stanisław Lem

Author(s): Anna Mazurkiewicz
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Stanisław Lem; Memoirs Found in a Bathtub

Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with one of the most polysemic novels by Stanisław Lem – Pamiętnik znaleziony w wannie. The protagonist's world, bereft of liaison with what is outside, contains itself in the mind of the hero. Paradoxically, it is impossible to achieve self-identification, indissolubly linked with isolation, in the labyrinth of corridors. “I” of the protagonist, striving to “be oneself” cannot attain plenitude of identity because it is not able to define itself in relation to the structures of the Building.

  • Issue Year: 22/2013
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 173-188
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish