Bruce Chatwin na ścieżkach pieśni stworzenia
Bruce Chatwin along the Paths of the Song of Creation

Summary/Abstract: The author of this article analysed the manner in which Bruce Chatwin constructed the landscape of Central Australia in his The Songlines. With this objective in mind he described the process of humanisation characteristic for the Australian interior and took a closer look at the obstacles encountered by the English traveller attempting to understand Australian dreaming tracks. The author claims that the unexpected and authentic meeting between Bruce, the lead protagonist of The Songlines, and the indigenous Aborigines took place at the precise moment when the former abandoned his cognitive ambitions. Consequently, Chatwin’s book delineates a specific literary trail, which postulates veering from the previously chosen path for the sake of ”wandering”.

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