Od Dostojewskiego do Brunona Schulza albo o różnych postaciach śmiechu i zażenowania

Abstract

The paper presents some parallels between Dostoyevsky, Kafka and writers working in the atmosphere of their ethic hesitations and aesthetic solutions. On the example of works of Bruno Schulz and Karel Čapek the author discusses different kinds of ridiculousness of literary characters, their actions and the situations, in which they are placed either consciously or unconsciously. Pointing to similarities and differences in the creation of degraded heroes, she observes that they are connected with existential problems discussed by writers and belong to the sphere of “aesthetic discussion”, not to the sphere of traditional influences.