Stanisław Lem’s language thinking in the space of the writer’s aphoristicon

Abstract

In this research, Stanisław Lem’s aphoristicon analysis was carried out in the view of the multifaceted classification and in the focus of the ego-text theory in particular. It was shown that the writer’s discourse is densely aphoristic: literary statements go beyond (1) the corresponding work, (2) a certain type of personal discourse, taking into account live speech, and acquire the status of aphorism, beginto enter into socio-cultural as well as verbal circulation, of not only Polish but also other linguistic cultures of the world thanks to translations. An attempt was made to characterize the creativity of S. Lem’s language thinking which is manifested in the ability to concentrate and concisely verbalize deep thoughts on a wide range of topics and issues.