From Modern Theory to a Poetics of Experience

Grzegorz Grochowski works in the Institute of Literary Studies at the Polish Academy of Science, doing research in the fields of poetics, genres and discourse. He is author of a book on hybrid texts and co-author of the dictionary of Cultural Studies. He is member of the editorial board of the journal Teksty Drugie.Ryszard Nycz is Professor at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow (Poland) and at the Institute of Literary Studies at the Polish Academy of Science, as well as editor in chief of the journal Teksty Drugie.

• Contents: Janusz Sławiński: What Remains of Structuralism? – Michał Głowiński: Literary Studies and Cultural Studies – Włodzimierz Bolecki: Questions on the Subject of Literary Studies – Anna Burzyńska: Does Literary Theory Still Exist? – Andrzej Hejmej: Comparative Cultural Studies: Interpretation and Existence – Ryszard Nycz: From Modern Theory to a Poetics of Experience – Michał Paweł Markowski: Economy and Representation – Edward Balcerzan: The Mono- and Bi(multi)lingualism of Literary «Worlds» – Stanisław Balbus: The Extinction of Species – Zdzisław Łapiński: Fictional v. Lyric Identity – Danuta Ulicka: On the Epistemological Function of Literature and Literary Studies – Danuta Szajnert: Intention Versus Invention: An Ethical Dilemma? – Grzegorz Grochowski: Images in Texts: Iconic Signs in Multi-code Text Structures – Elżbieta Rybicka: From a Poetics of Space to a Politics of Place: The Topographical Turn in Literary Studies – Małgorzata Czermińska: Places of Autobiography: A Geopoetic Proposition – Anna Łebkowska: How to Embody the Body: On the Dilemma of Somatopoetics – Dariusz Śnieżko: The Written and Spoken Word: History and Literature – Dariusz Skórczewski: Postcolonial Poland - an (Im)possible Project – Jan Kordys: Language, the Brain, Ecstatic Religious States, and Artistic Output.