W pracy został przedstawiony innowacyjny sposób patrzenia na Europę Wschodnią, widoczny w twórczości Andrzeja Stasiuka odbiegający od klasycznego, czyli “równoleżnikowego” widzenia tej części kontynentu w odwiecznej konfrontacji i nieustannych porównań z Zachodem. Twórczość tego artysty skupia się na zaniedbanym ,,pasie południowym”. 1. Stan badań Twórczość pisarza cieszy się ogromną popularnością w kraju i za granicą. Krytyka literacka z wielką uwagą śledzi kolejno pojawiające się dzieła, niemniej jednak do tej pory stan badań jest stosunkowo niewielki. Nie powstało żadne kompendium wiedzy o wczesnej twórczości pisarza czy monograficzne opracowanie obejmujące ten sam okres twórczości artysty. Do tej pory uwaga krytyki i badaczy zwrócona została głównie na pierwsze utwory powstałe w latach dziewięćdziesiątych. 2. Cel pracy Głównym celem dysertacji była analiza twórczości Stasiuka w odniesieniu do zagadnień i problemów obecnych w filozofii i estetyce takich jak: kategoria piękna i brzydoty w ujęciu ontologicznym, metafizycznym i epistemologicznym, badanie wybranych utworów w kontekście niekonwencjonalnej autobiografii artystycznej, jak również nawiązanie do mityzacji Europy Wschodniej z odwołaniem się do prozy Brunona Schulza. Utworami łączącymi te zagadnienia ujmując chronologicznie są: „Opowieści galicyjskie”(1995), „Dukla”(1997), „Dziennik okrętowy”(2000), „Jadąc do Babadag”(2004). Teksty te łączy wspólny kontekst estetyczny, autobiograficzny, mityczny. 3. Podział i budowa pracy Niniejsza praca składa się z trzech części: pierwszej - „Estetyka brzydoty“, drugiej - „Homo geographicus Fascynacja geografią w kontekście autobiograficznym” stanowiącą pomost między kontekstem estetycznym i mitycznym oraz trzeciej: „Mityzacja Europy Wschodniej. Inspiracja Schulzem”. 4. Uwagi końcowe W zamykających na koniec wnioskach i uwagach warto podkreślić, że w pracy zostały poddane analizie problemy omijane przez wielu badaczy. Celem dysertacji było przedstawienie twórczości tego pisarza w niepodejmowanych do tej pory obszarach tematycznych. Spojrzenie na przedstawioną rzeczywistość i jej zjawiska tym razem w aspekcie estetycznym i mitycznym pozwoliły w zupełnie inny sposób spojrzeć na wybrane utwory Andrzeja Stasiuka. / The dissertation presents innovative way of perceiving Eastern Europe, noticeable in Andrzej Stasiuk’s works different from the classical one so called “parallel” perception of this part of the continent in everlasting confrontation and constant comparisons to the West. The works of this artist concentrate on neglected “southern zone”. Described corners of Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Albania, Moldavia are the space that the writer mythisise in order to save them from oblivion. He gives them new aesthetic quality, changes typically ugly, uninteresting places into more interesting, he often subtilizes them. Andrzej Stasiuk, next to Marcin Świetlicki, Olga Tokarczuk, Magdalena Tulli and others, belongs to “bruLionu” generation born in the 60’s. 1. State of research Works of the writer are very popular both in Poland and abroad. Literary criticism carefully follows successive works, however as of yet the state of research is relatively low. There is no compendium of knowledge on early works of the writer or monographic essay containing the same period of the artist’s output. So far critics and researchers have paid attention mainly to the first works written in the 90’s. 2. The aim of dissertation The main aim of this dissertation was an analysis of Stasiuk’s output in relation to issues and problems present in philosophy and aesthetics, such as: the category of beauty and ugliness in ontological, metaphysical and epistemological depiction, examination of particular works in the context of unconventional artictic autobiography, as well as reference to mythization of Eastern Europe refering to the prose of Bruno Schulz. Works that join these issues are, in chronological order:”Opowieści galicyjskie”(1995), “Dukla”(1997), “Dziennik okrętowy”(2000), “Jadąc do Babadag”(2004). These texts are joined by common aesthetic, autobiographical and mythical context. Sometimes, the subsequent works are continuation of the prior ones. 3. Part and structure of the dissertation The present dissertation consists of three parts: the first – “Aesthetics of ugliness”, the second - “Homo geographicus fascination of geography in the autobiographical context” establishing connection between aesthetic and mythical context, and the third one: “Mythization of Eastern Europe. Inspired by Schulz”. 4. Final remarks In final findings and remarks it must be stressed that the present dissertation includes the analysis of problems omitted by many researchers. The aim of the dissertation was to present the output of this writer in new thematic areas. Preception on presented reality and its phenpmenon, this time in aesthetic and mythical aspect, allowed to look at selected works of Andrzej Stasiuk in a different way.

The aim of this thesis is to read Bruno Schulz’s The Cinnamon Shops through the theoretical framework of Deleuze and Guattari, focusing on the relation between territorialization, deterritorialization and reterritorialization. This is investigated through examples from the The Cinnamon Shops, focusing on different aspects of how territorialization is portrayed in Bruno Schulz’s corpus. The goal is to show how the stories of Bruno Schulz are structured around various forms of territorializations, be it the home, the family shop or the town in itself. However, those territories are almost always negated through deterritorializing acts. In this act we get to face something new, something temporary and fragile, which in itself creates the essential crack or leakage in the text. Those acts of deterritorialization can’t be allowed to continue undisturbed but must be shut down through various forms of reterritorialization. This form of reading is only possible when the text is seen as a rhizomatic structure, with no clear center or periphery. It is brought forward how each of those texts are segmented in various manners, either binary or linear, which affects how the territorializing acts can be perceived.

Cette thèse porte sur les livres auto-illustrés réalisés par l'Autrichien Alfred Kubin (1877-1959), le Tchèque Josef Váchal (1884-1969) et le Polonais Bruno Schulz (1892-1942). En rapprochant les œuvres de ces auteurs et illustrateurs relativement méconnus et considérés comme marginaux selon les canons culturels de leur époque, ce travail souhaite démontrer qu'un paradigme se fait jour dans la pratique de l'auto-illustration et l'imaginaire du livre qui lui est associé. En tenant compte du contexte de la culture centre-européenne dans l'entre-deux-guerres et de la dimension technique de l'histoire du livre, dont les enjeux coïncident avec les réflexions contemporaines sur l'originalité et la reproductibilité mécanisée, la thèse définit la démarche d'auto-illustration comme la quête d'un « livre total de pacotille ». Mais il s'agit aussi de lui donner un cadre théorique en se focalisant sur l'analyse des rapports entre le texte et l'image afin de révéler certains traits récurrents qui défient le processus d'illustration classique : l'antériorité ou la simultanéité de l'image, qui permet l'information mutuelle des codes iconique et linguistique sur la page ou la favorise dans le texte, inverse aussi le principe de « transposition » inhérent à l'illustration, voire l'excède pour lui substituer un « dialogisme » intersémiotique. Ces phénomènes confirment l'importance du geste réflexif présidant à l'auto-illustration, qui suppose une hyperconscience du dispositif illustré mais prend aussi en compte l'omniprésence transgressive du créateur, qui envahit les seuils de l’œuvre, se figure en texte et en images, et en auteur, illustrateur, narrateur et personnage(s). / This dissertation deals with self-illustrated books by the Austrian Alfred Kubin (1877-1959), the Czech Josef Váchal (1884-1969) and the Pole Bruno Schulz (1892-1942). Comparing the works of these writers and illustrators, who are not quite famous and were considered to be on the margins of the cultural models of their time, the dissertation shows that a creative paradigm is to be found through self-illustration and the book imagery that goes with it. Taking into account the context of central-european culture during the interwar period, and the technical aspects of book history, which are linked to contemporaneous debates about originality and technical reproductibility, this study defines the production of these writers-ilustrators as a search for a « cheap total bookwork ». It is based on a theoretical framework which focuses on the relations between text and image in order to reveal recurring features which challenge the classical illustrating process : images being produced prior to or at the same time as the text provide for the mutual exchange of properties between words and pictures on the page and in the text itself. This practice also reverses the principle of « transposition » inherent to illustration, or even replaces it with an intersemiotic « dialogism ». These phenomena confirm the importance of the reflexive nature of self-illustration : not only does it require a high level of awareness of the illustrated apparatus but it also explains the transgressive omnipresence of the creator who invades the « paratext » and represents himself in texts and images as writer, illustrator, narrator and character(s).

Thesis In the Light of Kabbalah: Jewish Mystique in Polish Literature in the Interwar Period deals with different models of reflection of Jewish religious and mystical tradition in the Polish interwar literature (on the example of three authors representing different ways of perceiving their own Jewish roots as well as the processing of themes based on the tradition of Jewish mysticism). Aleksander Wat, originally a futurist, was critical of the Jewish religious tradition - but still cannot his own "Jewishness" escape; prose writer Bruno Schulz offers an unique vision of cosmogony and eschatology reminiscent of - besides other things - selected concepts of Kabbalah; Bolesław Leśmianʼs relationship to this tradition is the looses, but on the other hand his method of working with motives which can interpreted in the context of the Jewish religious tradition is very original. Literary work of all three - as the heirs to the "people of the Book" - is marked by a specific relationship to language and the written word. In addition to this theme we deal with e.g. the Golem motive, the idea of the creation of the world or the idea of God. These analytical chapters are preceded by a theoretical and methodological introduction based on the traditions of literary hermeneutics, but also on selected concepts of...

Cette thèse propose une approche renouvelée de l’adaptation cinématographique de la littérature, par l’étude d’un corpus composé de plusieurs textes littéraires et de leurs adaptations cinématographiques réalisées par le même cinéaste, Wojciech Jerzy Has (1925-2000). L’originalité de notre analyse de corpus réside dans le fait de placer les films, et non les textes, comme éléments premiers et centraux dans l’organisation de notre démarche. Les textes littéraires, par le choix de cette approche target-oriented (Cattrysse 2014) qui part plutôt de la cible que de la source, deviennent ainsi les points d’arrivée plutôt que les points de départ de l’épreuve du corpus. Nous proposons un champ d’expérimentation qui fait de trois films réalisés par Wojciech Has l’impulsion d’un itinéraire d’analyses à la fois textuelles et filmiques, incluant les textes hétérogènes adaptés par ce réalisateur (ceux de Jean Potocki, Bruno Schulz et Bolesław Prus). Ce mode d’organisation crée des modes de relation inédits entre les textes et les films, mais aussi des textes entre eux, alors qu’aucune relation d’intertextualité déclarée ne motive leurs mises en rapport : le roman de Potocki, Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse, les nouvelles de Bruno Schulz ainsi que La Poupée de Bolesław Prus appartiennent à trois siècles différents, des Lumières finissantes à l’entre-deux guerres mondiales. La logique de renversement du trajet critique traditionnel que nous mettons en œuvre, en mobilisant les ressources du cinéma à capter et projeter une expérience de lecture, révèle des analogies avec l’analyse textuelle : les notions de figure et de montage permettent de faire de l’adaptation un jeu de réécriture (Ropars 1990), ayant vocation à altérer le texte. C’est notamment par un certain nombre de figures apparentées au fantastique qu’une cohérence a posteriori est donnée au corpus textuel : les trois films de Has mettent en scène des doubles, des automates, des labyrinthes et des configurations autoréflexives qui créent de nouveaux points de contact entre les textes. Notre recherche double alors l’expérimentation de cet opérateur cinématographique de la littérature d’un opérateur fantastique, qui agit comme élément de cohésion dans le jeu différentiel entre littérature et cinéma. / This dissertation proposes a renewed approach to the topic of film adaptation, by studying several literary texts together with their film adaptations directed by the same filmmaker, Wojciech Jerzy Has (1925-2000). The originality of our analysis lies in placing films, not texts, as primary and central elements in the organization of our approach. By the choice of a target-oriented approach (Cattrysse 2014), literary texts become the points of arrival rather than the starting points of this comparative analysis. Three films directed by Wojciech Has give the impulse to an itinerary of analyzes that includes various texts adapted by this director (those of Jan Potocki, Bruno Schulz and Bolesław Prus). This mode of organization creates unprecedented modes of relation between the texts and the films, but also between texts themselves, while no relation of explicit intertextuality justifies their connections: Jan Potocki’s Zaragoza Manuscript (1794-1810), Bolesław Prus’ The Doll (1890) the short stories of Bruno Schulz (1934-1937) belong to three different centuries. The reversal of the traditional critical path that we are implementing in this work, by mobilizing the resources of films to capture and project the experience of reading, reveals analogies between filmic and textual analysis. The notions of figure and montage will allow to discover how adaptations can also qualify as rewritings (réécritures) (Ropars 1990), a concept that points towards films that alter the text.It is by the unveiling of some figures related to the fantastic genre that a posterior coherence is given to the texts adapted by Has: the three films present doubles, automata, labyrinth experiences and self-reflexive configurations, creating new relationships between heterogeneous texts. Our research doubles the experimentation of this cinematographic operator of the literature with a fantastic operator, which acts as an element of cohesion in the differential game between literature and cinema.