Kleks (The Inkblot) in the text, the text on Kleks (The Inkblot). Metaphors and intertextuality in Jan Brzechwa’s novel sequence on Mr Kleks (Mr Inkblot) Cover Image

Kleks w tekście, tekst o Kleksie. Metaforyka i intertekstualność w cyklu powieściowym Jana Brzechwy
Kleks (The Inkblot) in the text, the text on Kleks (The Inkblot). Metaphors and intertextuality in Jan Brzechwa’s novel sequence on Mr Kleks (Mr Inkblot)

Author(s): Elwira Buszewicz
Subject(s): Recent History (1900 till today), Polish Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Brzechwa Jan; Mister Kleks/Mister Inkblot; children’s literature; intertextuality; metaliterature;

Summary/Abstract: The main aim of the paper is to find some deeper meanings of Jan Brzechwa’s trilogy on Mister Kleks. The author focuses on metaphor of a library as a gateway to a fabulous world and on a metaliterary dimension of the work, showing that it can be read as a kind of Künstlerroman (and Bildungsroman). She also seeks sources for Brzechwa’s invention, analyzing each part of the novel from this point of view. The science-fiction, utopist and parodist contexts of the novel are also taken into consideration.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 27
  • Page Range: 65-81
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish