Różne oblicza literackich przewodników po miastach
Different Faces of Literary City Guides

Summary/Abstract: The article attempts a literary analysis of certain aspects of texts that belong to the so called geoliterature, here referred to as “literary city guides”. The author analyzes three different texts, corresponding to three descriptive strategies adopted in the books. The first, Pragaz Hrabalem[Prague with Hrabal] by Tomaˇs Mazal, represents the “creator’s perspective”, and it deploys a guidebook narrative to tell a biography of an author. Next guide book, Dublin z Ulissesem[Dublin with Ulysses]by Piotr Paziński, concentrates on a specific literary work and invites the reader to explore it with the help of special scenarios. The third, Mariusz Szczygieł’s Osobisty przewodnik po Pradze[A Personal Guide to Prague], is an “authorial guide” which presents a unique personal perspective on the city. Summing up the analysis of guide strategies, the author of the article signals the possibility of looking at guide-related practices as a kind of model for literary studies.

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