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Lumen, Lux, Lem. Visual models in prose of Stanislaw Lem
Łukasz Oliwkowski
Abstract
The dissertation Lumen, Lux, Lem. Visual models in prose of Stanislaw Lem is focused on the categories of imagination of Solaris’s author. It is the attempt to capture his prose in the context of cultural and visual anthropology, as well as the suggestion to allocate main structures of the presented worlds and geometrical patterns of space modelling. One of the key issues is to determine the role of the light in the novels which is mainly classified into artificial/technical (lumen) and natural/lightness (lux). Chapter Lumen, lux, Lem is initial calibration of matters related to space, light and visuality. The texts from all periods of Lem’s literary output are analysed from the chapter Holly Posts. Their interpretations and allocations make it possible to notice repetitive vertical-concentric structures of various forms: spaceships, tower blocks, edifices, cones, libraries, circles, spheres etc. Lem also builds constellations of somatic, biological, mechanical and geographical motives (related to the Tatras). The point of departure in the monograph are early – never interpreted poems of the author of Eden. Even in them it is possible to detect the implementation of maze-like, multi-level, central visual models which are present in later, more mature Lem’s prose.- Record ID
- UAM97e67d81c8754295879610c88c16af94
- Diploma type
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Author
- Title in Polish
- Lumen, lux, Lem. Modele wizualne w prozie Stanisława Lema
- Title in English
- Lumen, Lux, Lem. Visual models in prose of Stanislaw Lem
- Language
- pol (pl) Polish
- Certifying Unit
- Faculty of Polish and Classical Philology (SNoJiL/WFPiK/FoPaCP)
- Discipline
- literary studies / (humanities) / (humanities)
- Scientific discipline (2.0)
- Status
- Finished
- Defense Date
- 13-04-2018
- Title date
- 13-04-2018
- Supervisor
- URL
- http://hdl.handle.net/10593/22726 Opening in a new tab
- Keywords in English
- Lem, lux, lumen, light models
- Abstract in English
- The dissertation Lumen, Lux, Lem. Visual models in prose of Stanislaw Lem is focused on the categories of imagination of Solaris’s author. It is the attempt to capture his prose in the context of cultural and visual anthropology, as well as the suggestion to allocate main structures of the presented worlds and geometrical patterns of space modelling. One of the key issues is to determine the role of the light in the novels which is mainly classified into artificial/technical (lumen) and natural/lightness (lux). Chapter Lumen, lux, Lem is initial calibration of matters related to space, light and visuality. The texts from all periods of Lem’s literary output are analysed from the chapter Holly Posts. Their interpretations and allocations make it possible to notice repetitive vertical-concentric structures of various forms: spaceships, tower blocks, edifices, cones, libraries, circles, spheres etc. Lem also builds constellations of somatic, biological, mechanical and geographical motives (related to the Tatras). The point of departure in the monograph are early – never interpreted poems of the author of Eden. Even in them it is possible to detect the implementation of maze-like, multi-level, central visual models which are present in later, more mature Lem’s prose.
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- https://researchportal.amu.edu.pl/info/phd/UAM97e67d81c8754295879610c88c16af94/
- URN
urn:amu-prod:UAM97e67d81c8754295879610c88c16af94