Demiurgical dimensions of reality. On the margins of the novel of Alfred Kubin and Jan Weiss Cover Image

Demiurgiczne wymiary rzeczywistości. Na marginesie powieści Alfreda Kubina i Jana Weissa
Demiurgical dimensions of reality. On the margins of the novel of Alfred Kubin and Jan Weiss

Author(s): Kamila Woźniak
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: novel; literary space; Alfred Kubin; Jan Weiss; Gnosticism

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses certain motifs common to the novels of Alfred Kubin and Jan Weiss. The author analyses symbolic domains of the plot, referring among others to the gnostic thought, the theory of utopia, or psychoanalysis. She emphasises the intertextuality of the novels discussed, which constitutes a kind of a game with the reci- pient in which the authors demonstrate the demiurgical aspects of reality.

  • Issue Year: XVII/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 22-38
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish