O (intelektualnych) pożytkach z wyprawy na cudze terytorium (badawcze i metodologiczne). Kilka słów o książce Dariusza Skórczewskiego Teoria – literatura – dyskurs. Pejzaż postkolonialny

This paper is a review of Dariusz Skórczewski’s book entitled [Theory, Literature, and Discourse: A Postcolonial Landscape] (Lublin 2013). In the first part the objects of Skórczewski’s research: its intellectual horizon (i.e. Edward Said’s tradition) and “identity discourse”, were indicated. Next, research tools used by Skórczewski in the analysis of Polish literature: “mimicry”, “hybridity”, “compensation”, “orientalization”, were presented. In the last part of the paper, a valuation of Skórczewski’s work was made. It could be said that it is a very important book for postcolonial theory in Poland.