Intricacies of the Visual in the Prose of Gustaw Herling-Grudziński
Joanna BIELSKA-KRAWCZYK
Zakład Filmu i Kultury Audiowizualnej, Katedra Kulturoznawstwa, Wydział Filologiczny, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika, ul. Fosa Staromiejska 3 87-100 Toruń, Poland , PolandAbstract
This article is dedicated to a review of questions related to the categories of seeing and the visual in the prose of Gustaw Herling-Grudziński. The paper shows the functions of the eye and seeing, as well as the significance of the literary images created by the writer. It also points out to the painterly stylistics which provide an important context for understanding the eclectic character of the visual layer of his works. On the example of some chosen extracts from the story entitled Wieża (The Tower), the article presents the sensual richness of the ideas used by Herling-Grudziński, focusing on the methods he adopted and describing the main goals he wanted to achieve by his application of certain literary tools.
Keywords:
eye, seeing, the visual, image, focalisation, sensuality, anthropological dimension of artBIELSKA-KRAWCZYK, J. (2020). Meandry wizualności w prozie Gustawa Herlinga-Grudzińskiego. Ethos. Kwartalnik Instytutu Jana Pawła II KUL, 29(2 (114). Retrieved from https://czasopisma.kul.pl/index.php/ethos/article/view/5298
Joanna BIELSKA-KRAWCZYK
Zakład Filmu i Kultury Audiowizualnej, Katedra Kulturoznawstwa, Wydział Filologiczny, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika, ul. Fosa Staromiejska 3 87-100 Toruń, Poland
Zakład Filmu i Kultury Audiowizualnej, Katedra Kulturoznawstwa, Wydział Filologiczny, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika, ul. Fosa Staromiejska 3 87-100 Toruń, Poland
