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Przestrzeń Nowego Jorku zapisana w tekstach Janusza Głowackiego
New York Space Written in Texts by Janusz Głowacki

Author(s): Katarzyna Olczak
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: literary space; representation; narrative strategies; Janusz Głowacki

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes spatial represenatation of New York as presented in Janusz Głowacki’s works after his decision to emigrate in 1981. The literary assimilation of space is realized through three narrative strategies, i.e. stereotyping, walking, and naming/writing mode. The author of the article proposes geopoetic, anthropological, and sociological reading of his various texts (autobiography, essays, short stories, and dramas).

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 08
  • Page Range: 197-214
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish