Dryfowanie w labiryntach pamięci w powieści „Ulica ciemnych sklepików” Patricka Modiano w perspektywie teorii emulacji
Drifting in labyrinths of memory in the novel “Missing person” by Patrick Modiano from the perspective of the emulation theory

Summary/Abstract: The basic research problem considered in this article is the way in which the mental processes of the novel’s main character take part in recollecting lost information. These processes directly refer to the visual properties of the observed objects. The main character of the novel suffers from amnesia, he does not remember who he is, so he decides to search for his identity. The writer adopts the concept of space as a physical corpus, not only seen, but also touched, smelled and heard, with which the body of the main character enters into direct relations. I analyse the fate of the main character from the perspective of Rick Grush’s emulation theory. According to this theory, the brain constructs neuronal circuits, which act as models for various sensorimotor processes. These determine the behavior of the main character, who aims to regain his lost memory. The “here and now’ is surrounded by the past to the degree needed for the main character to regain his lost memory. Expanded consciousness can include the whole life of a human being.

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