Abstrakt: | The article presents Polish research on the category of ‘space’, which influenced the shaping
of the concept of geopoetics in Polish literary studies. Geopoetics is understood, according
to Elżbieta Rybicka’s guidelines, as ‘concept-in-action’. The author of the article begins with
theoretical considerations, then presents contemporary foreign theories and finally analyses
theoretical works of Michał Głowiński, Henryk Markiewicz, and Janusz Sławiński. He also
discusses the concept of ‘new regional studies’ in the context of the spatial turn. Using
Stefania Skwarczyńska’s works, the author of the article claims ‘new regional studies’ to be
one of the crucial elements of geopoetics. |