Dyskurs monetarny w "Lalce" Bolesława Prusa

• Authors: Tomczok Paweł

Title variants

EN

Monetary discourse in "The Doll" by Bolesław Prus

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

The article is an analysis of economic discourse in "The Doll" by Bolesław Prus. The motifs related to money in "The Doll" were described by Józef Bachórz in the articles collected in the book "Spotkania z 'Lalką'" ["Meetings with 'The Doll'"] (Gdańsk 2010). This valuable analysis can be complemented by a study of protagonists’ economic activities as a whole in the context of practices defined by capitalist economic discourse. Prus suggested the interpretation of his novel as an image of social disintegration. The research of economic discourse allows to complement the biological understanding of the disintegration as the disintegration of the world – which is the interpretation presenting society in the times of a 'great change' where main drive is money. "The Doll" in the perspective of research on monetary discourse appears to be not only the image of social degradation, the disintegration of an old reality both feudal and romantic, but also a great reflection on the borders of the influence of money in the times when it seems that one can buy everything for money.

Keywords

PL

"Lalka" Bolesława Prusa; ekonomia literatury; literacki kapitalizm; obraz ekonomii w literaturze

EN

"The Doll" by Bolesław Prus; economic literature; literary capitalism; the image of economy in literature

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski / Instytut Badań Literackich PAN
• Journal: Napis. Pismo poświęcone literaturze okolicznościowej i użytkowej
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 21: Sztuka tracenia, sztuka rezygnacji. Samoograniczenie i autocenzura
• Pages: 198-221

Contributors

author

Tomczok Paweł

• Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach