Abstrakt: | The article is composed of two parts. In the first one, the author discusses the problems
connected with the popularity of the so‑called
non‑fiction
literature in present‑day
culture. The issue is considered in the context of books nominated for Nike Literary
Award and reports presenting the state and needs of readership in Poland. Focusing
on one of the factual genres, i.e. the reportage, the author has recognised the following
as qualitatively important in its reception: factuality, multiplicity of viewpoints, openness
and stylistic abundance. In the second part of the article, considering reportage
as a journey and a map leading the reader across unknown worlds, the author has
focused on different ways of presenting parallel, therefore strange, worlds, including
the other, characterising the interdependency between the structure, the convention
of reportage narration, objectifying strategy and the way of formulating the problem
of the otherness. Also, the concept of a map has been discussed, approximating the
character of its reportage presentations in the texts under analysis. |