„Konwencje” i „inwencje” – kultura popularna i media jako przestrzeń badań porównawczych
“Conventions” and “Inventions” – Popular Culture and Media as a Comparative Literature Issue

Summary/Abstract: The main aim of the article is to indicate the manners in which changing models of culture transmission influence literature reception. It is assumed that there is nothing radically traditional and nothing radically new in contemporary culture: media and mass culture combine conventions and inventions for their own purposes. Therefore“new comparative literature” involves “new reading” and “new teaching” that includes not only books, but also film adaptations, graphic novels or YouTube (and similar) video presentations. Arguments for and against popular culture – a still life academic debate – are presented in the article.

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