The Guardian of discipline
The author trying to determine the role played by Professor Henryk Markiewicz in Polish post-war literary science, calls him „a guardian of discipline” – understood as a field of knowledge and manner of proceeding that is characterised by responsibility and reliability. The author emphasises the professor’s interests in the history of literacy research, which resulted in i.a.: a fundamental piece of work dedicated to the theories of fiction from Aristotle to modern times, as well as his contribution in making the achievements of the foreign researchers of literature available to the Polish readers.

The Guardian of discipline
The author trying to determine the role played by Professor Henryk Markiewicz in Polish post-war literary science, calls him „a guardian of discipline” – understood as a field of knowledge and manner of proceeding that is characterised by responsibility and reliability. The author emphasises the professor’s interests in the history of literacy research, which resulted in i.a.: a fundamental piece of work dedicated to the theories of fiction from Aristotle to modern times, as well as his contribution in making the achievements of the foreign researchers of literature available to the Polish readers.