Autobiografia Literatura Kultura Media

The article documents a conversation with Prof. Erazm Kuźma (1926–2014), a literary theorist, historian and critic from Szczecin, the author of such books as Z problemów świadomości literackiej i artystycznej ekspresjonizmu w Polsce (From Problems of Literary and Artistic Awareness of Expressionism in Poland) (1976), Mit Orientu i kultury Zachodu w literaturze XIX i XX wieku (The Myth of the Orient and the Culture of the West in the 19th and 20th-century Literature) (1980), Między konstrukcją a destrukcją. Szkice z teorii i historii literatury (Between Construction and Destruction. Sketches from Literary Theory and History) (1994). The presented conversation was conducted by Piotr Krupiński in September 2008. Prof. Kuźma was one of the founders Polish studies at the University of Szczecin and the main part of the interview was an attempt to reconstruct the history of academic literary studies in Szczecin. But talking about the past, Prof. Kuźma is also trying to anticipate. What is the future of Polish literary studies? Is there a place for humanists in the modern world? These are just a few of the issues raised during the conversation.