This essay presents a profi le of Marian Stala as a literary critic. The author’s reading of the notable literary historian’s critical output is at the same time an attempt to uncover the state of contemporary criticism that still recognizes the role of literature as important.
keywords in Polish:
krytyka literacka, interpretacja, egzystencjalny wymiar literatury
keywords in English:
literary criticism, interpretation, existential dimension of literature