Ciuciubabka z Iłłakowiczówną
Blind Man’s Bluff

The Autobiographical Strategies of Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna

Summary/Abstract: Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna was the author of four books of fiction in which we can find what Małgorzata Czermińska calls an autobiographical attitude. The degree of openness and the significance of autobiography in each of these works, however, varies. The article seeks to show two different autobiographical strategies used by Iłłakowiczówna. The first, present in "On the Path Beside the Road" and in "From a Broken Stereoscope" involves masking the presence of the autobiographical ‘I’; the second, appearing in "Untimely Confessions" and "Trasimeno Hare", in contrast, is entirely open. Both strategies share one thing in common –hidden behind diverse seemingly modest topics there is in reality a strong sense of self-affirmation.

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