Świat z perspektywy dziecka o „duszy ironisty” – Bogowie Antoniego Langego

Abstract

The article aims to show the different levels and varieties of irony found in “Bogowie”, a short story by Antoni Lange (1911). The Young Poland writer does not merely use the aforementioned technique, but also develops it in a creative way, giving the reader a chance to keep discovering its new uses. In the story, irony dominates the family relations, and at its centre is a little boy: the creator of an individual mythology, who provokes various situations where he is both the subject and the object of irony. Simultaneously, the narrator also creates an ironic discourse, forcing the reader to adopt a particular way of reading.