Bez-użyteczność manekina? Samotność mężczyzny spoglądającego w wystawę… (Rozkoszne konanie Iana McEwana)

• Authors: Mateusz Żyła

Title variants

EN

Use(ful/less)ness of a Dummy? Solitude of a Man Looking at a Window Display… (Dead As They Come by Ian McEwan)

Abstracts

EN

In the time of pandemic, solitude has proven to be such a prevailing issue that it has been propounded by Professor John T. Cacioppo, a social psychologist from the University of Chicago, that it should be considered a disease. The present article shows reflection on one’s attempts to escape the sense of desolation. The author interprets Dead As They Come, a short story by Ian McEwan, whose protagonist wallows in love for a clothes dummy. At first, the object of his desire, in compliance with Roland Barthes’ theses, appears to be remarkable and unique. Nevertheless, the closing part of the work documents the protagonist’s failure, as he realises that he succumbed to his own phantasm. In the final part of the article, the author makes a reference to the phenomenon of reborn dolls, as an example on nonfictional combat against solitude.

Keywords

PL

solitude; disease; love; dummy; reborn doll

EN

samotność; choroba; miłość; manekin; lalka reborn

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Bielsko-Bialski
• Journal: Świat i Słowo
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 38
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 53-67

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Mateusz Żyła

• Akademia Techniczno-Humanistyczna w Bielsku-Białej

Identifiers

DOI

10.53052/17313317.2022.05

Biblioteka Nauki

29520299