Podróż egzotyczna i zwrot do wnętrza. Narracje niefikcjonalne między “orientalizmem” a intymistyką
An Exotic Journey and a Turn into the Inside. Non-Fictional Narratives Between ‘Orientalism’ and Intimism

Summary/Abstract: The attitude of Polish travellers toward non-European cultures is part of our cultural self-consciousness. Accounts of exotic journeys bring about important confrontations with the categories of dominance and subordination, which, even when carried out in some remote parts of the globe, are always realised with remembering of what has remained in Europe. Taking as examples her analysis of selected fragments of such narratives (e.g. B. Malinowski, R. Kapuściński, F. Goetel, H. Sienkiewicz, I. Karpowicz, O. Stanisławska), the author argues that their attentive interpretation may provide a room for afterthought on the opportunities and limitations of use of postcolonial criticism categories.

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