Skiroławki : o powieści erotycznej Zbigniewa Nienackiego

Abstract

The book is an attempt to describe the mechanisms of eroticism and pornography on the example of their functioning in Raz w roku w Skiroławkach, a novel by Zbigniew Nienacki. First, the author shows what influence using an Old-Polish tradition in shaping the novel world has on a reader educated on the Romantic model. Further on, she reckons on, among others, the categories of norms, seduction, shame, obscenity, and scandal organizing the perspective of novel reception. The book Raz w roku w Skiroławkach presents the image of eroticism that is not subject to generalization. Eroticism and pornography are the “revolutionary” forces for the author, the only principle of which is changeability, alternate demolition of a social system (pornography), and assimilation therein (eroticism).