KU HERMENEUTYCE I ETYCE NIEMOŻLIWEJ KAFKA I GOMBROWICZ.

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  • Author(s): BIELECKI, MARIAN1
  • Source:
    Pamietnik Literacki. 2021, Issue 1, p89-110. 22p.
  • Additional Information
    • Alternate Title:
      TOWARDS HERMENEUTICS AND IMPOSSIBLE ETHICS KAFKA AND GOMBROWICZ.
    • Subject Terms:
      Responsibility; Ethics; Beetles; Beaches; Authors; Kantian ethics
    • Abstract:
      The article interprets the famous scene from Witold Gombrowicz's Dziennik (Diary) in which the writer saves beetles on a beach. The episode is discussed in a comparative context (a similar scene in Kafka's diary), philosophical (Kantian morality), and theoretical (Derrida and animal studies). Following the argumentation offered in the article, Gombrowicz challenges the attempts at creating universal morality and suggests his own ethics in which the crucial meaning is given to the issues of individual decisions and personal responsibility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]