Gotycka architektonika labiryntów w polskich powieściach grozy początku XIX w.
Gothic architectonics of labyrinths in the Polish horror novels at the beginning of 19th century

Summary/Abstract: The appearance of labyrinths in European literature was common for centuries. Such confusing space, full of unexpected corridors, formed a part of the design of Gothic novels. In Krwawe znamię, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski novel, labyrinthine system of the castle is a pretext to create a mood of horror and mystery, while making the medieval aesthetics (eg. armour with a skull). The center of the space, however, is a portrait of a girl, which becomes a reference point for all the events described. In the novel Astolda of Anna Mostowska, the role of the labyrinth serves a garden, from which the knight Spera cannot find the exit. These corridors full of unknown experienced spaces are a kind of symbol of broaden knowledge or reached truth.

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