From Managing Work to Managing Life: Reading Sławomir Mrożek’s Dziennik [Diary]
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Od zarządzania twórczością do zarządzania własnym życiem. Wstęp do lektury Dziennika 1962-1989 Sławomira Mrożka
From Managing Work to Managing Life: Reading Sławomir Mrożek’s Dziennik [Diary] 1962-1989

Author(s): Dorota Walczak
Subject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Sławomir Mrożek; diary; journal; writing practice

Summary/Abstract: Walczak presents a comprehensive reading of the diary of the Polish dramatist and writer Sławomir Mrożek (1930-2013). The three-volume Dziennik [Diary], covering the years 1962 to 1989, was published by Wydawnictwo Literackie in 2010 to 2013. In this polemical reading Walczak treats Dziennik first of all as a writing practice, not as a text. The theoretical and methodological background to this approach is based on the work of Philippe Lejeune and Paweł Rodak, who emphasize the practical or even pragmatic nature of keeping journals. Walczak tackles questions about the diary’s function in the writer’s life.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 249-266
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish