“Jestem urodzonym wędrowcem”. On Autobiographical Places of Sławomir Mrożek
Elżbieta Sidoruk
Uniwersytet w BiałymstokuAbstract
The subject of reflections in this article is the phenomenon of topographic imagination of Sławomir Mrożek. Tracking traces of autobiographical places in the writer’s works, the author attempts to explain the reasons for his little interest in the geographic concrete as a literary material as well as to answer the question what functions these places fulfill in "Dziennik powrotu" [A Journal of Return] and "Baltazar. Autobiografia" [Balthasar. Autobiography]. In her opinion, both the scarce presence of autobiographic places in the earlier works of Mrożek, as well as their appearance in the works referred to, remains in connection with the problem of the identity of the writer, who throughout most of his life struggled with the sense of non-existence, and after the stroke he had to redefine himself and his place in the world.Keywords:
geographical space, autobiographical places, topographic imagination, Sławomir MrożekUniwersytet w Białymstoku
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