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Literatura, rzeczywistość, interpretacja
Literature, reality, interpretation

Author(s): Tomasz Markiewka
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Literature; reality; Bruno Latour; Everyday life; Interpretation; Literary theory

Summary/Abstract: The article is divided in two parts. The first part is about relation between literature and reality. I try to show that there is a tendency in philosophy and literary theory to separate literature from reality. I argue (making a reference to thinkers like Bruno Latour) that it is a mistake and we should treat literature as an integral part of our everyday life. In the second part of my text I use the problem of interpretation to present the consequences of this thesis. I claim that if we abandon an above-mentioned dualistic point of view (reality – literature), we will also have to abandon a conviction that there is one proper way to interpret a literary text.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 280-293
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish