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Historia niezdyscyplinowanego rozumu. O Notatnikach Aleksandra Wata
The History of an Undisciplined Mind: Aleksander Wat’s Notatniki [Notebooks]

Author(s): Marta Baron-Milian
Subject(s): Epistemology, Polish Literature, Phenomenology, Hermeneutics
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Aleksander Wat; Notebooks; Notatniki; archive; interdisciplinarity; genetic criticism; somatic criticism;

Summary/Abstract: Baron-Milian reads the phenomenon of Aleksaner Wat’s Notatniki [Notebooks] through a variety of lenses, including the theory of the archive, textual genetics and somatic criticism. Key considerations touch on the particular epistemology of writing and the interdisciplinary project of accumulating and organizing knowledge that emerge from the writer’s notes, blurring the boundaries between what is scientific and social, aesthetic and political. These practices are essential for the emergence of a subjective knowledge that is articulated in a variety of ways and finds its particular place in literature.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 131-151
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish