25 articles in this issue
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Anna Krajewska
Grzegorz Pertek
The author of this article attempts to redefine the category of transgression. By preparing a preliminary typology of the existing uses of this concept, he puts forward the hypothesis that, on the one hand, transgression can be identified with (is synonym... see more
Arkadiusz Sylwester Mastalski
This article analyzes confessions of love from the perspective of communication – it shows the paradoxical character of such confessions and the disparity between this and other models of communication. By referring to the writings of Roland Barthes, Ludw... see more
Dobrawa Lisak-Gebala
Contemporary Polish essays on paintings and photographs (by, e.g. Z. Herbert, G. Herling-Grudzinski, W. Karpinski, J. Pollakówna, E. Bienkowska, A. Oledzka-Frybesowa, and W. Nowicki) are juxtaposed with the personal essay which was invented by Montaigne. ... see more
Malgorzata Imperowicz-Jurczak
The author describes the underappreciated, artistically innovative illustrations that Piotr Stachiewicz created for a jubilee edition of Bene Nati, which had been issued to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Eliza Orzeszkowa’s work as a writer in 1891. T... see more
Jakub Walczak
This article deals with issues connected with defining the libretto in the light of genre classification and the function that libretti perform as part of musical compositions. Libretti, which are marginalized by both literary theory and musicological res... see more
Patrycja Bakowska
The main purpose of this article is to show Old Polish literature and culture with regard to their performative aspects. By referring to Richard Schechner’s reflections, the author presents the Old Polish period “as a performance”. She focuses on issues s... see more
Konrad Wojnowski
The author of Performatyka – teoria katastrof? [“Performance studies – the theory of catastrophes?”], which is a cross-sectional investigation into performance studies, tracks the trains of thought about catastrophes in different theories of performativit... see more
Marek Hendrykowski
The long history of the “Marlboro Country” and “Marlboro Man” advertising campaigns (1954- 1989) represents the renewability of a certain image which was perfectly designed and meticulously thought out. This history constitutes a well-developed “syntagma”... see more
Joanna Gradziel-Wójcik
The author presents the ways in which “Peiperism”, i.e. a model of thinking about the avant-garde as exemplified by the reception of Tadeusz Peiper’s works, is disintegrating today. Research on avant-garde poetry which privileged a theoretical perspective... see more
Kamil Koscielski
In the interview which appeared after the premiere of The Shining, Kubrick said that the fantastic qualities of reality in his movies are “treated in a very […] ordinary way”. He indicated that uncanny events are also depicted in this way in Jorge Luis Bo... see more
Pawel Bohuszewicz,Tomasz Szymon Markiewka
The article titled Autor: empiryczny, modelowy czy wirtualny? [“An empirical, model, or virtual author?”] presents a discussion about the terms used in the title which was held by the article’s authors. P. Bohuszewicz defends the validity of the concepts ... see more
Aleksander Kopka
Where else, if not “in a text”, can two bright minds, or two writers, meet? Is it possible for two intellectuals who engage in a dialogue to understand each other without appropriation, i.e. without constantly borrowing from each other and commenting on e... see more
Seweryna Wyslouch
This article presents arguments against some of the ideas presented in Marek Hendrykowski’s paper Adaptacja jako przeklad intersemiotyczny [Adaptation as intersemiotic translation] („Przestrzenie Teorii” [Space of Theory] no. 20 (2013). The author challen... see more
Werner Faulstich,Ricarda Strobel
There is no literature (e.g. a novel, feature film) without a medium (e.g. a book, film), but one should be clearly differentiated from the other. Particular works can only be compared based on a comparison made between particular means of expression, i.e... see more
Marek Oktawian Bulanowski
Henryk Markiewicz’s book Czytanie Irzykowskiego [Readings of Irzykowski] is a collection of studies dedicated to the work of a leading Polish modernist critic who was also an influential theorist, historian of literature and author of the experimental nov... see more
Katarzyna Lukas
Marta Kazmierczak’s book which is titled Przeklad w kregu intertekstualnosci. Na materiale tlumaczen poezji Boleslawa Lesmiana [“Translation and intertextuality: a study based on the translations of Boleslaw Lesmian’s poetry”] is the first comprehensive m... see more
Anna Legezynska
The author of this article discusses several books that were written by Artur Grabowski, a Cracow poet, critic and researcher who is an expert in the theory of poetry, theater, drama and contemporary art, by focusing on his latest book Herbert-Hermes. Kon... see more
Marek Bochniarz
This article is a review of a book written by Mitsuyo Wada Marciano – Japanese Cinema in the Digital Age. The author of this book examines the recent developments in the Japanese film industry at the turning point in the development of digital technologie... see more
Kazimierz Bartoszynski
Stanislaw Balbus
Danuta Ulicka