Pytania do Komparatystyki dyskursu

The text aims at examining Mieczysław Dąbrowski’s book Komparatystyka dyskursu / Dyskurs komparatystyki (Comparative Studies of Discourse / Discourse of Comparative Studies) and addresses some vital categories whose defi nitions have not been wholly clarified. The article seeks the definitions of the most rudimentary concepts of the study, namely comparative studies and discourse (in the Foucauldian meaning of the word). The text considers how, if at all, the category of discourse can be applied to literary studies as it is primarily a philosophical idea and hence requires adaptation to be employed in the study of literature. It also addresses the issue of the position of comparative studies in consideration of the discourse: whether the first is the superior to the latter or vice versa.