To Go beyond Theory – Jan Kwapisz’s and Valentine Cunningham’s Guidelines for Critics Cover Image

Wyjść poza teorię – postulaty Jana Kwapisza i Valentine’a Cunninghama
To Go beyond Theory – Jan Kwapisz’s and Valentine Cunningham’s Guidelines for Critics

Author(s): Mariusz Zagórski
Subject(s): Review
Published by: Komitet Nauk o Kulturze Antycznej Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: intertextuality; literary criticism; theory of literature; Valentine Cunningham

Summary/Abstract: In his study on Theocritus’ Syracusan Women, in the volume "Rem acu tangere", recently published in Gdańsk, Jan Kwapisz shows some dangers resulting from thoughtless application of the theory of intertextuality to Hellenistic poetry and points out that often better results are achieved if the text is interpreted in a simple and natural way. His conclusions seem close to those of Valentine Cunningham, who claims that literary criticism should go beyond the narrow field left to it by "Theory".

  • Issue Year: 61/2006
  • Issue No: 3+4
  • Page Range: 301-303
  • Page Count: 3
  • Language: Polish
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