@ARTICLE{Wróbel_Czesław_Catastrophism_2005, author={Wróbel, Czesław}, volume={vol. 35}, pages={69-78}, journal={Historyka Studia Metodologiczne}, howpublished={online}, year={2005}, publisher={Polska Akademia Nauk Oddział PAN w Krakowie}, publisher={Instytut Historii Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego}, abstract={The paper contains a philosophical deconstruction of a notion of the "catastrophe" as historical phenomenon. The Author points out some characteristics of the catastrophic concept of the reality as they were expressed in the literary discourse in Poland in the period ofjin de siecle and in the poetry and prose of the WWII. The philosophical preconditions of catastrophic thinking are related to the literary expression present in narration of famous Polish poets and writers: Kazimierz Przerwa Tetmajer, Jan Kasprowicz, KrzysztofKamil Baczyński, Tadeusz Borowski and Gustaw Herling-Grudziński.}, type={Artykuł}, title={Catastrophism - Philosophy of the "End" or Diagnosis of Reality?}, URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/124591/PDF/6_HISTORYKA_TOM_35_2005_Wrobel_Katastrofizm.pdf}, keywords={catastrophe, catastrophic philosophy, Polish modernist litterature, Polish litterature of WWII, catastrophic discourse}, }