Rozmowa, autobiografia i sztuka życia (Michała Głowińskiego)
Conversation, Autubiography and the Art of Life (of Michał Głowiński)
Author(s): Jerzy MadejskiSubject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Michał Głowiński; Grzegorz Wołowiec; drama of existence; interlocutory literature
Summary/Abstract: The reviewer discusses the book “Czas nieprzewidziany. Długa rozprawa bez pana, wójta i plebana” („Unpredictable Time. A Long Conversation without a Squire, a Bailiff and a Parson”) on a few planes. The scholar points out that Głowiński and Wołowiec’s volume may be seen as a peculiar guidebook to the art of life which tells, for example, how literature helps habituate the drama of existence (after the Shoah). Nevertheless, the book in question is also an example of interlocutory literature since it reveals the past as a result of the interlocutors’ cooperation. Ultimately, it is an unusual (vide “spoken”) autobiography. A prominent place in the book is occupied by an attempt to put an order and to hierarchise Głowiński’s scholarly achievements.
Journal: Pamiętnik Literacki. Czasopismo kwartalne poświęcone historii i krytyce literatury polskiej
- Issue Year: 110/2019
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 67-77
- Page Count: 11
- Language: Polish