Old Age as Spacetime: Novels of Wiesław Myśliwski Cover Image

Starość jako czasoprzestrzeń: wokół powieści Wiesława Myśliwskiego
Old Age as Spacetime: Novels of Wiesław Myśliwski

Author(s): Andrzej Jamiołkowski
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: Wiesław Myśliwski; chronotope; spacetime; old age; transience;

Summary/Abstract: The article describes the category of time and space in Wiesław Myśliwski’s books. The main research tools in the analysis of the material were hermeneutics and subject literature analysis. The particular focus was on how spacetime is perceived by elder characters. The conclusions show how the creation of the world in Myśliwski’s novels correlate with Bakhtin’s concept of chronotope.

  • Issue Year: 39/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 187-203
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Polish
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