Between Non-Fiction and the Literature of the Personal Document: Remarks on the Structure of Gustaw Herling-Grudziński’s Podróż to Burmy (A Journey To Burma) Cover Image

Between Non-Fiction and the Literature of the Personal Document: Remarks on the Structure of Gustaw Herling-Grudziński’s Podróż to Burmy (A Journey To Burma)
Between Non-Fiction and the Literature of the Personal Document: Remarks on the Structure of Gustaw Herling-Grudziński’s Podróż to Burmy (A Journey To Burma)

Author(s): Paweł Panas
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: diary; reportage; narration; text structure

Summary/Abstract: The Polish version of the article was published in Roczniki Humanistyczne vol. 57, issue 1 (2009). This text describes the literary structure (the immanent poetics) of Gustaw Herling-Grudziński’s 1952 diary Podróż do Burmy (A Journey to Burma) to properly situate this work in the domain of non-fiction and to indicate the most important characteristics of the writer’s diarist conception.

  • Issue Year: 67/2019
  • Issue No: 1SP
  • Page Range: 59-68
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English