„A WONDERFULLY GOOD IMITATION OF OTHER OCCASIONS”, CZYLI O IMITACJI, TWORZENIU I FATYCZNEJ FUNKCJI JĘZYKA W OPOWIADANIU PSYCHOLOGIA KATHERINE MANSFIELD

Joanna Wawrzyńska

Olsztyn



Abstrakt

The study focuses on Katherine Manfield’s short story entitled Psychology. A detailed
analysis and interpretation aim at clarification what is missing in the story, as while reading
the story one may feel the lack of something. The main character (“she”) has two guests
who are parallel to each other and thus the story can be divided into two parts. Thanks to the
second visit (of her female friend) the main character regains the peace of mind, which was
ruined by man’s (the first guest’s) deviating from the established code of conduct in their
relationship. Definitely, in the text the dominating function is the phatic function of language.
However, it does not work as an introduction to a conversation but it is the conversation
itself. The story builds a world in which there is no real contact between the characters
and it may be interpreted as a reflection of a superfluous reading of a literary work of art.

Nonetheless, the story invites the reader to the more careful reception of the literary text,
paradoxically, by means of, among others, such a simple plot, a visible discrepancy between
the open dialogues and the utterances of “secret selves”, autothematic allusions and the lack
of the diachronic dimension.


Słowa kluczowe:

the phatic function, reception of a literary text, autothematism


Teksty literackie


Chesterton, G.K. (1981). The Quick One. W: G.K. Chesterton. The Complete Father Brown.
London, Penguin Books Ltd, s. 604.

Mansfield, K. (1962). Psychologia. Tłum. J. Stawiński, I. Tuwim. W: K. Mansfield. Upojenie
i inne opowiadania. Warszawa, Czytelnik, s. 164–176.

Mansfield, K. (1962). Upojenie. Tłum. W. Peszkowa. W: K. Mansfield. Upojenie i inne
opowiadania. Warszawa, Czytelnik, s. 132–155.

Mansfield, K. (1962). Wieje wiatr. Tłum. J. Stawiński, I. Tuwim. W: K. Mansfield. Upojenie
i inne opowiadania. Warszawa, Czytelnik, s. 156–163.

Mansfield, K. (1967). Psychology. W: K. Mansfield. Bliss and Other Stories. London,
Penguin Books Ltd, s. 117–125.

Pismo Święte Starego i Nowego Testamentu (2000). Poznań, Pallottinum.
Woolf, V. (1992). The Waves. London, Penguin Books Ltd.


Krytyka literacka


Jakobson, R. (1989). Poetyka w świetle językoznawstwa. W: R. Jakobson. W poszukiwaniu
istoty języka. T. 2. Tłum. K. Pomorska. Warszawa, PIW, s. 77–124.

Żyłowska, I. (2004). Malarskie inspiracje w „Upojeniu” Katherine Mansfield. Acta Neophilologica
6, s. 29–38.
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Wawrzyńska, J. (2013). „A WONDERFULLY GOOD IMITATION OF OTHER OCCASIONS”, CZYLI O IMITACJI, TWORZENIU I FATYCZNEJ FUNKCJI JĘZYKA W OPOWIADANIU PSYCHOLOGIA KATHERINE MANSFIELD. Acta Neophilologica, 2(XV), 225–235. Pobrano z https://czasopisma.uwm.edu.pl/index.php/an/article/view/930

Joanna Wawrzyńska 
Olsztyn