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Unus mundus. Człowiek i natura w języku prozy Olgi Tokarczuk
Unus mundus. The Human Being and the Nature in the Language of Olga Tokarczuk’s Prose

Author(s): Ewa Sławkowa
Subject(s): Syntax, Lexis, Polish Literature, Western Slavic Languages, Philosophy of Language
Published by: Dom Wydawniczy ELIPSA
Keywords: posthumanism; anthropocentrism of language; metaphor; poetic definition;

Summary/Abstract: The author attempts a polemic against the thesis on the anthropocentric nature of language, which has been established in linguistics. To this end, she proposes reading Olga Tokarczuk’s prose in the categories of post- and transhumanism to show that the writer’s works encompass the vision of the world which challenges the thesis on anthropocentrism of language adopted in linguistics. The object of the analysis is the linguistic phenomena (coming from various language layers: mainly lexical, syntactic, and orthographic ones) expressing the writer’s conviction of the unity of the human and non-human worlds and her clearly environmentally friendly attitude, which can be found in individual works by the Nobel Prize winner, and thus questioning the order of the reality based on human dominance and control over the nature.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 73-84
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish