Notes on contributors.

Notes on contributors.

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N otes on Contributors

Kazimierz Bartoszyński (b. 1920)—Professor in the Institute o f Literary Studies in the Department o f Historical Poetics, theoreti­ cian o f literature, concerned mainly with the structure o f narrative prose and theory o f novel.

Michał Głowiński (b. 1934)—literary historian and theoretician, Professor o f the Institute o f Literary Studies o f the Polish Academy o f Sciences, concerned mainly with relation o f poetics and literary sociology, and particularly with problems o f reception o f literature. Major works published in the last decade: Gry powieściowe. Szkice z teorii i historii form narracyjnych (The Novel Games. Studies in the Theory and H istory o f Narrative Forms), Warszawa 1973; S tyle odbioru (Styles o f L iterary Reception), Warszawa 1977; Zaśw iat przedstawiony (The Other World Presented), Warszawa 1981.

Aleksandra Okopień-Sławińska — theoretician o f literature, author of many studies on the semantics o f poetic language, coauthor o f a manual Teoria literatury (Theory o f Literature) and o f Słownik terminów literackich (Dictionary o f Literary Terms). Department o f Historical Poetics o f the Institute o f Literary Studies.

Zofia Szmydtowa (1893— 1977)—Professor o f the Warsaw University, a distinguished historian o f literature and comparativist. edu­ cated several generations o f Polish literary critics and scholars. A m ong her most significant works are studies on Cervantes, Erasmus and Rej, and Poeci i poetyk a (Poets and Poetics). Maria Żmigrodzka — Professor in the Institute o f Literary Studies,

historian o f literature, her main sphere o f interest is the Romantic Movement.