Uwagi o przestrzeni w „Empuzjonie” Olgi Tokarczuk
Some Remarks on Space in Empuzjonby Olga Tokarczuk

Summary/Abstract: This paper analyses the construction of space as depicted in Olga To-karczuk’s novel Empuzjon. The novel is set in the autumn of 1913 in the spa town of G ̈erbersdorf located in the Sudetes. The town, with a spa house at its centre, is situated in a valley surrounded by forested hillsides. This location encloses the space, unlike the surrounding mountainouslandscape. This contrast can be reflected by the oppositions of “civili-sation–nature” and “masculine–feminine” (where the space of nature is feminine and “wild/primal”, while the world of the town is dominated by the masculine element). From the biographical perspective of the main character, the androgynous Mieczyslaw Wojnicz, the vertical axis of the world plays an important role. His development proceeds from the memories of trips to the basement during his childhood to the attic in the guest house in G ̈erbersdorf.

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