
The construction of this image incorporates various literary conventions - Konwicki purposefully merges autobiography with conscious fiction and self-deprecating humour, characteristic of his works. It appears in various novels of this author, including A Hole in the Sky (Dziura w niebie), A Chronicle of Amorous Accidents (Kronika wypadków miłosnych), and The Anthropos-spectre-beast (Zwierzoczłekoupiór).


Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego Keywords: Memory post-memory dream topos autobiography fairy tale valley Summary/Abstract: The image of the valley along with the river flowing through it, the surrounding forests and nearby railway tracks is a private topos characteristic of the works of Tadeusz Konwicki, modelled on the faithfully memorized and often remembered homeland of the writer - Kolonia Wileńska, a town near Wilno, Poland (now Vilnius, Lithuania). Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies The memory of the father and phantasms of his son in the construction of the image of the Valley in The Anthropos-Spectre-Beast by Tadeusz Konwicki

Pamięć ojca i fantazmaty syna w konstrukcji obrazu Doliny w Zwierzoczłekoupiorze Tadeusza Konwickiego
