Portret, słownik, sylwa... Biografistyka (literacka) na przełomie XX i XXI wieku

This paper discusses the status of literary biographic studies at the turn of the 21th century in Poland. It points out to how the methodological transition in literature studies influenced changes in literary biographic studies, namely the weakening impact of structuralism and the introduction of new scientific paradigms. The question how the convention of describing characters in other human and social sciences, i.e. history, psychology, sociology and philosophy, influenced the position and concept of literary biographic studies, is also discussed.