BREAKING THE TABOO OF SECRETION ON THE EXAMPLE OF ZBIGNIEW UNILOWSKI'S 'SHARING A ROOM'

• Authors: Wierzbicka-Trwoga K.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

In the article the authoress puts forward the idea that the drastic description of physiology in Unilowski's novel 'Sharing a room' is not its 'naturalistic element', but is meant to construct a symbolically marked space. Analyzing the design of the flat described by Unilowski, she concludes that it is a symbolic expression of his anthropological beliefs referring to the nature and man's duty. In this view a man is captivated by his physicality and can only strive to limit its power over himself; the aim of man's life should be a Norwidian combination of the Beauty and Work, which Unilowski signals by juxtaposing a gloomy sphere of biology (put in a blind kitchen) with the light which falls into the room through the window together with voices of a beautiful singing at work. Norwid supports, as she sees it, not only the ideological significance of the novel, but also the use of secretion motive.

Keywords

EN

'WSPÓLNY POKÓJ' (SHARING A ROOM); SECRETION MOTIVE; UNILOWSKI ZBIGNIEW

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Instytut Badań Literackich PAN
• Journal: Pamiętnik Literacki
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 98
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 63-73
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Wierzbicka-Trwoga K.

• K. Wierzbicka-Trwoga, Uniwersytet Warszawski, ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie 26/28, 00-927 Warszawa Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA03166548