Mateusz Antoniuk
Jagiellonian University, Cracow
Faculty of Polish
Department of 20th Century Polish Literature
This article concerns the theory and practice of a variety of approaches to the literary creative process. The main thesis is that scholarship of this kind – quite popular outside of Poland – may be seen as interesting proposition and simultaneously as a challenge for contemporary (and future) Polish literary criticism. The author argues that Polish genetic criticism stays in touch with both the “cultural turn” and the idea of the “return to the philology.” In conclusion, the category of the “trace” and its applicability for the purposes of genetic criticism is discussed.
key words: genetic criticism, creative process, literary draft, cultural turn, philology, trace
słowa klucze: krytyka genetyczna, proces twórczy, brulion utworu literackiego, zwrot kulturowy, filologia, ślad