Rytm choroby, rytm umierania. Dzienniki z lat osiemdziesiątych Teodora Parnickiego

Abstract

Teodor Parnicki’s laconic diaries from the 1980s are filled with notes about the progress of his writing and disease, yet conceal much more than would be immediately evident. By considering what the author did not write, a very interesting picture of the final decade of communist Poland emerges. Reflection on the text, its rhythm and the construction of notes, reveals a narrative shaped by malady and senility. With the author’s decline during his final years, the schema of notes and their subject become characterized by a certain arrhythmia. These are the symptoms of the disintegrating narrative of the dying text/body.

Keywords

• diaries
• ageing studies
• senility
• somatic criticism
• Teodor Parnicki