„Niby-wspomnienia”. Sygnały autotematyzmu i kategoria wyzwania w Wysokim Zamku Stanisława Lema

The article focuses on the phenomenon of autothematicism and the category of challenge in Wysoki Zamek by Stanisław Lem. The initial recognition of autobiography as the books genre and the evocation of previous analyses of the text in relation to the theory of the autobiographical triangle, provide the basis for an updating thesis on the dominance of the category of challenge and the widespread presence of autothematic phenomena in the work. Next, the history of Artur Sandauer’s concept of “autothematicism” and the evolution of the term in Polish literary studies are reviewed. Signals of autothematicism within the narrative, genre and stylistic conventions are outlined, as well as the importance of self-consciousness for this phenomenon in Wysoki Zamek.