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RYSZARD KAPUSCINSKI REPORTAGE AND ETHICS OR FAD...

Ryszard Kapuscinski was a direct witness to the creation and a collapse of numerous independent
African states  the guerilla movements in South America  the military combat in Honduras and El
Salvador  the coup in Angola  the 1974 revolution in Ethiopia  the anti-Shad revolt in Iran 
the 1980 strike in the Gdansk Shipyard  and the collapse of the Soviet empire in 1991  among
others. This study examines Kapuscinski's reportage books  products of the author's travels to
distant lands  regarded by some as exempla of mastery in the nonfiction genre and by others as
ethically questionable semi-fictional stories. Its intention is to look closely at the process
of the aesthetic formation of his travel experiences into books and the ideological paradigm
shaping his representation of the facts. In addition to that  the effects of authorial
re-shaping of documentary material  the question of authenticity or fabrication thereof  and
the epistemological responsibility of a reportage writer are also examined.

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