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Krytyka genetyczna jako kulturowa poietyka (nie)pamięci
Genetic Criticism as a Cultural Poietics of (Non)Memory

Author(s): Mateusz Antoniuk
Subject(s): Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Theoretical Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: genetic criticism; memory studies; Zbigniew Herbert; poetry

Summary/Abstract: Antoniuk begins by proposing that genetic criticism (the study of the process of writing) asa scholarly practice has a potential for effective and valuable collaboration with memory studies. In parts two and three he offers a literary critical and sociological analysis ofZbigniew Herbert’s poem “Wilki,” which enjoys the status of a memory text. Antoniuk begins by examining its publication history, then demonstrates the effectiveness ofgenetic criticism which – by revealing the poem’s manuscript pre-history – deepens our understanding of it as “a medium of memory”. Part four is a methodologial and theoretical extrapolation of the insights gained from the analysis of this unique case.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 236-258
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish