„Wewnątrz siebie samej”. Praktyka twórcza Olgi Tokarczuk w świetle opowiadania Szkocki miesiąc z tomu Gra na wielu bębenkach
“Inside Yourself ” Creative Practice of Olga Tokarczuk in the Context of Short Story Scottish Month from the Volume Playing on a Multitude of Drums

Summary/Abstract: The article is concerned with one of the most important aspects of Olga Tokarczuk’s oeuvre, which is the topic of writing practice. The Noble Prize winner addresses it not only in her essays, but also in her opinion pieces, showcasing through it the constant and cautious observation of her own creative process. The reflexion on the relation between literature and reality is also presented in the literary texts, to which amongst others belongs the short story Scottish Month from the volume Playing on a Multitude of Drums. The text interpretation presented in the article addresses the question of situating the creative act at the crossroads of what is real and what is imagined, being connected – as a consequence – with perceiving the writer as a person who simultaneously writes and is written. The epitome of this meta-literary multiplication is the main protagonist – the character, narrator and alter ego of the author at the same time, who becomes aware of her involvement with the multilayered structure of truth and fiction.

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