SUMMARY
The author of this article discusses Kazimierz Bartoszynski’s didactic activity and writings, i.e. his doctoral thesis titled O powiesciach Fryderyka Skarbka [On Fryderyk Skarbek’s Novels] (which was published in 1963) and his later articles on the gaweda (i.e. a story stylized as an oral tale) and historical novel (which are collected in the volume titled O polskich prozach powiesciowych – slynnych i nieco zapomnianych [On Polish Prose Novels – Those Famous and Slightly Forgotten Ones] (2011)). These writings were a continuation of the studies of the 19th-century novel thathad been conducted in Poznan.