Autobiografizm jako cecha gatunkowa oraz komunikacyjna literatury popularnej na przykładzie twórczości Joanny Chmielewskiej
Autobiography as the genre and communicative feature of popular literature exemplified by Joanna Chmielewska’s novels

Summary/Abstract: The article is an attempt to illustrate the influence of autobiographical experience on modern popular literature. Due to the wide scope of the field of study, the complete analysis of the phenomenon within the genre is impossible. An example illustrating this tendency in popular literature are novels written by Joanna Chmielewska – one of the most popular crime fiction writers in Poland and countries of the former Soviet Union. The main reason why Chmielewska’s works can serve as an exemplification of popular literature is that her crime stories are, in fact, novels between genres. The article touches upon issues such as self-creation, inspiration by family history, correlations with woman’s autobiography theory and auto-therapeutic treatments. The author tries to diagnose the reason for the use of understatements, which are used in conjunction with declarations of exhibitional honesty of the writer. The author considers the meaning of the introduction of autobiographical experience into popular literature to the reader and what is the outcome of balancing in-between truth and fiction in this field.

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