Dokument wielkiej zmiany. Busz po polsku Ryszarda Kapuścińskiego w kontekście polskiego reportażu okresu Października 1956

Abstract

The aim of the article is to discuss the differences and similarities between the reportages from the period of October 1956 and the reportages of Ryszard Kapuściński from the volume Busz po polsku. The works share the following similarities: the conviction of the cognitive value of reporter’s journeys to the province and the belief in the reporter’s power to intervene in the reality. The list of differences, on the other hand, includes: the absence of blame and revindication, the emphasis put on the private fates of individuals, and the assumption that the provincial backwardness is a civilizational problem, not a political one.