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Mapping Multiple Voices in B. S. Johnson’s House Mother Normal

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Malicka J.

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nr 21/1

41-60

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The present article is an attempt to analyse House Mother Normal – a littleresearched novel by the British experimental novelist B. S. Johnson. Starting with a general discussion of the author’s literary tenets, the analysis then focuses on the novel at hand, special emphasis being given to the ways in which it maintains continuity with Johnson’s previous works, as well as to the areas in which divergence from the author’s oeuvre is visible. Following these remarks, a question is posed concerning the somewhat complex relationship between the characters and the narrator in the novel, the main problem in this respect being the extent to which the narrator, if indeed present at all, is visible in the text. Finally, the focus of the article shifts to the novel’s multivoicedness, which is then discussed in terms of Bakhtinian notions of polyphony and dialogism. The subsequent analysis of selected excerpts from the novel demonstrates that House Mother Normal for the most part eludes any easy classification and thus subsuming it under Bakhtin’s categories is as seemingly easy as it is problematic and disputable.

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Żywotność Bachtinowskiej „poetyki czasoprzestrzeni” na przykładzie „Prawieku i innych czasów” oraz „Empuzjonu” Olgi Tokarczuk

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Korcz K.

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nr 2

41-55

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The article is an attempt to analyze the influence of Mikhail Bakhtin’s chronotope concept on the different ways of existence of time and space in two novels by Olga Tokarczuk: one of the earlier ones - Primeval and Other Times and the first one after receiving the Nobel Prize - Empuzjon. Space-time was recognized here as a key element of the writer’s work, influencing the plot structure of the works, manifesting itself simultaneously as a constructor of meanings and active formative force of values. The author, using motives that were an important element of Bakhtin’s concept of the chronotope shows that time and space play an important role in shaping the ontological and epistemological dimension of human experience. One of the main goals of the article is to show that the creative implementation of these elements makes it possible to create autonomous stories, and how space (and time) as a cultural category is used to explore the issues of identity, history, culture, as well as the mental and human emotional condition in the relationship of us and the world.

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Michail Bachtin medzi antropológiou a epistemológiou: chronotopické myslenie ako účastné myslenie

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Duleba M.

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tom 70

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nr 2

249-266

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The chronotope (time-space) represents Bakhtin’s most ambiguous and therewith most problematic concept. In scholarly discourse, the chronotope is primarily interpreted either as an epistemological concept expressing the experience of perception, or alternatively as being primarily an anthropological concept expressing the possibilities of the action of a subject in time-space. The study represents a contribution to the existing discussion in its being a response to the contradiction between these interpretive tendencies. By means of the contextualization of the chronotope with Bakhtin’s early concept of participative thinking, the article not only clarifies the interaction of the epistemological and anthropological dimensions of the concept, but also presents a new view of the chronotope as a sign of event in Being and of chronotopic analysis as the realization of Bakhtin’s effort to relate to Being-as-event in participative manner.

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Secret Rooms, Locked Doors and Hidden Stories: Retelling “Bluebeard” as a Holocaust Narrative in Michèle Roberts’s "Ignorance"

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Goszczyńska M.

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tom 6

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nr 2

52-62

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One of the most grisly European fairy tales, “Bluebeard” is also a story that has proved immensely productive, spawning numerous variants, adaptations and rewritings. This essay offers a reading of Michèle Roberts’s Ignorance (2012) as one such retelling. Roberts employs “Bluebeard” to construct a story that utilises the format of a dual coming-of-age novel but is gradually revealed as a Holocaust narrative. Set in a provincial town in Vichy France, Ignorance makes repeated use of “Bluebeard” motifs to explore the complicity of individuals in Nazi crimes against their Jewish neighbours. Featuring secret rooms, forbidden chambers, locked doors and embedded narratives, the novel tells the story of Jeanne Nérin as she comes to terms with her Jewish identity and accepts her responsibilities as a Holocaust survivor. This account is complemented by several other stories, the most important of which is that of Jeanne’s childhood companion, Marie-Angèle, whose Bildung ends in emotional and ethical failure. Fascinated with the life of bourgeois comfort and respectability, Marie-Angèle embraces what Nancy Tuana describes as “wilful ignorance,” and becomes increasingly complicit in the acts of injustice, exploitation and crime she witnesses.

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Dialogiczność Bachtina, teorie intertekstualne i literatura neowiktoriańska

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Tryniecka A.

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nr 1

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The article analyzes varying approaches to intertextuality in the light of the recurring interest in neo-Victorian literature. It places a special emphasis on Mikhail Bakhtin’s dialogism and Gérard Genette’s treatment of intertextuality, which appear to constitute suitable tools for studying the relations between the Victorian and neo-Victorian texts. Essentially, Genette’s intertextual perspective offers a stable classification of texts based on the notion of “architextual network” and, at the same time, is not confined to a “closed system”. While discussing the issue of intertextuality, I also briefly introduce the work done by such Polish scholars as: Michał Głowiński, Ryszard Nycz or Henryk Markiewicz. I especially draw on Nycz’s division of intertextual relations: “text–text”, “text–genre” and “text–reality”. Nycz’s theoretical proposal seems to be appropriate for the study of the Victorian and neo-Victorian novel, as intertextuality in the neo-Victorian texts can be found not only on the textual, but also on the generic and cultural level. It seems that neo-Victorian fiction deserves a special place in modern literary studies: not only does it offer a literary vision of the Victorian world, but also verifies the current, socio-cultural portrayals of this bygone era, thus, providing a commentary on our present-day world as well.

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Celem artykułu jest omówienie podejścia do intertekstualności w świetle zainteresowania literaturą neowiktoriańską. Szczególna uwaga poświęcona zostaje pojęciu dialogiczności Michaiła Bachtina oraz teorii intertekstualności Gérarda Genette’a, która wydaje się najbardziej odpowiednim narzędziem do studiowania relacji między tekstami wiktoriańskimi i neowiktoriańskimi, oferując stabilną klasyfikację tekstów opartą na pojęciu „architekstualnej sieci” i nie ograniczając jej do „zamkniętego systemu”. Omawiając zagadnienie intertekstualności, zwracam również uwagę na wkład polskich naukowców, takich jak: Michał Głowiński, Ryszard Nycz czy Henryk Markiewicz. Wśród polskich badań nad intertekstualnością szczególnie wyróżniam teorię Ryszarda Nycza, która skupia się na trzech relacjach: „tekst–tekst”, „tekst–gatunek” oraz „tekst–rzeczywistość”. Propozycja Nycza wydaje się najwłaściwsza w studiuowaniu powieści wiktoriańskich i neowiktoriańskich, jako że umożliwia ich analizę nie tylko na poziomie tekstowym, ale również gatunkowym i kulturowym. Wydaje się, iż literatura neowiktoriańska zdecydowanie zasługuje na zainteresowanie współczesnych studiów literackich, jako że nie tylko ukazuje literacką wizję wiktoriańskiego świata, lecz weryfikuje także obecne społeczno-kulturowe obrazowanie tejże przeszłości, oferując tym samym komentarz dotyczący współczesności.