Local Genre – Universal Reception? Polish Literary Reportage from the First Two Decades of the 20th Century Read by a French-Speaking Audience

The article examines the reception of Polish contemporary authors associated with genre “literary reportage” among readers their French translations. analysis starts assumption taken from thoughts Tzvetan Todorov, who claimed that – shaping both author’s writing model and reader’s horizon expectations can be an important mechanism mediation driving literary communication. includes translations books by Wojciech Tochman, Jacek Hugo- Bader, Mariusz Wilk Szczygieł. In first part, publishing peritext is examined, through which publishers create perception they with. second part devoted to above-mentioned professional critics amateur reviewers or particular emphasis put on classification made audience. summary attempts determine whether French-speaking perceive in accordance specific rules what role may play this process. issue marketing potential as tool creating publisher’s offer also discussed.