Figura i doświadczenie Autora w dramatach Tadeusza Różewicza

Why did the poet take interest in drama? I try to answer this question, asked numerous times by scholars studying Tadeusz Różewicz’s oeuvre, by looking at it from a broader perspective, taking into account the concept of drama in general: how drama is experienced as an art form; what is the dramatic experience of identity and life. Understanding the concepts of drama, dramatisation, dramatics, theatricality, dialogue or character as they function in literary theory, philosophy and common knowledge may help us uncover numerous, covert or overt, strategies of writing oneself and one’s experiences into theatre plays that the author of "The Card Index" applies. Texts selected from Teatr niekonsekwencji (‘The Theatre of Inconsistency’), numerous remarks made by Różewicz himself (conversations with Kazimierz Braun, "Języki teatru") and an interpretation of "On All Fours" that emphasises “giving shape to the creative act” (Filipowicz) show different modes of the Author’s presence in the text, a drama continuously played out by himselfon a piece of paper.