Anthropology and literature

• Authors: Markowski M. P.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

This article attempts at replying to the question of how anthropology relates to literature. Elaborating on Wolfgang Iser's suggestions, the author states that literature has a single basic function to perform, and that is, to interpret the outside world by creating structures weakening its strangeness. What anthropology strives for, in turn, is to grasp the essence of human being through analysing its products or creatures. The shared area for both types of discourse is their being submerged in existence - understood as a linguistic element of self-understanding, an intermediate sphere between the naked life and conceptual knowledge.

Keywords

EN

ISER WOLFGANG; LITERARY ANTHROPOLOGY; LITERARY THEORY; LITERATURE

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Institute of Literary Research, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Teksty Drugie (Second Texts)
• Year: 2007
• Issue: 6(108)
• Pages: 24-33
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Markowski M. P.

• M. P. Markowski, Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Instytut Polonistyki, Katedra Miedzynarodowych Studiow Polnistycznych, ul. Golebia 64, 31-044 Kraków, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08PLAAAA03897745