The purpose of this work is to carry out analytical and interpretative procedures, as a result of which the cognitive potential of three novel works will be revealed: The Doll by B. Prus, Without Dogma by H. Sienkiewicz and Bene nati by E. Orzeszkowa.
Already the juxtaposition of these items may seem unobvious, so it demands adequate justification. Leaving aside the almost identical nature of the main plot of the three works, it would be possible to determine their genus proximum et diferentia specificam within the general assumptions from which the poetics of realist narrative grows.
About Author
Cezary Zalewski– associate professor at the Department of Literary Theory of the Faculty of Polish Studies of the Jagiellonian University. Author of works devoted to the literature of the positivist period
LanguagePolish
Title in EnglishLaboratory of the Novel: Science and Narrative in the (master)pieces of positivism