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Roman Pollak – badacz Seicenta na drogach nauki polskiej i europejskiej
Full text linkThe article presents Roman Pollak’s scientific goals and methods from the point of view of their relationship with Polish science involved in the protection and promotion of the values considered to be national legacy and in the context of their dialogue with contemporary scientific trends. It also reconstructs the design of studies of past Polish literature and culture that the Poznan-based professor created and consistently followed – one based on philology, interdisciplinarity and comparative literature. This is the context for the presentation of Roman Pollak’s research into Polish 17th-century literature as it followed a path from discoveries in textology and editing to numerous attempts at synthesis. The synthetic outlines created in the pre-war period were inspired by contemporary European humanities, Italian in particular, and highlighted the aesthetic qualities of a literary work. After World War II, they became more sociological in nature and turned towards Polish literature. In place of categories like Seicentism and the Baroque, they introduced terms such as “post-Renaissance literature” and passed judgement on Sarmatism as a period of degeneration and decline of culture.The article presents Roman Pollak’s scientific goals and methods from the point of view of their relationship with Polish science involved in the protection and promotion of the values considered to be national legacy and in the context of their dialogue with contemporary scientific trends. It also reconstructs the design of studies of past Polish literature and culture that the Poznan-based professor created and consistently followed – one based on philology, interdisciplinarity and comparative literature. This is the context for the presentation of Roman Pollak’s research into Polish 17th-century literature as it followed a path from discoveries in textology and editing to numerous attempts at synthesis. The synthetic outlines created in the pre-war period were inspired by contemporary European humanities, Italian in particular, and highlighted the aesthetic qualities of a literary work. After World War II, they became more sociological in nature and turned towards Polish literature. In place of categories like Seicentism and the Baroque, they introduced terms such as “post-Renaissance literature” and passed judgement on Sarmatism as a period of degeneration and decline of culture
Roman Pollak i powstanie włoskich polonistyk
Full text linkThe article highlights Roman Pollak’s contribution to the development of Polish studies in Italy. In 1923, the Polish Ministry of Education sent him, under an agreement with the Italian government, to hold the position of a professor of Polish language and literature at the Sapienza University of Rome and to serve as the Ministry’s delegate to Italy, which he did until 1939. In his lectures in Rome, Pollak emphasised the links between Polish and Italian literature in a comparative perspective and successfully attracted talented scholars to this subject, including Giovanni Maver, who succeeded him at the University of Rome in 1929, and Enrico Damiani who would give lectures on the Bulgarian and Polish languages in Naples. As the Ministry’s delegate, Pollak held conferences in major Italian cities and promoted the foundation of the Attilio Begey Institute of Polish Culture at the University of Turin, supporting Cristina and Clotilde Garosci in their translations and Marina Bersano Begey, who became professor in 1935, in her research. If Italian studies of Polish are still considered to be among the best in Europe, it can undoubtedly be attributed to the work of Roman Pollak.The article highlights Roman Pollak’s contribution to the development of Polish studies in Italy. In 1923, the Polish Ministry of Education sent him, under an agreement with the Italian government, to hold the position of a professor of Polish language and literature at the Sapienza University of Rome and to serve as the Ministry’s delegate to Italy, which he did until 1939. In his lectures in Rome, Pollak emphasised the links between Polish and Italian literature in a comparative perspective and successfully attracted talented scholars to this subject, including Giovanni Maver, who succeeded him at the University of Rome in 1929, and Enrico Damiani who would give lectures on the Bulgarian and Polish languages in Naples. As the Ministry’s delegate, Pollak held conferences in major Italian cities and promoted the foundation of the Attilio Begey Institute of Polish Culture at the University of Turin, supporting Cristina and Clotilde Garosci in their translations and Marina Bersano Begey, who became professor in 1935, in her research. If Italian studies of Polish are still considered to be among the best in Europe, it can undoubtedly be attributed to the work of Roman Pollak
Publicystyka Romana Pollaka na łamach „Kuriera Poznańskiego”
Full text linkApart from numerous scientific publications, professor Roman Pollak also contributed his articles to “Kurier Poznańki” (Poznań Messenger) from 1923 to 1935. They are a perfect illustration of the reflections on the broad range and depth of the professor’s interests; he appreciated the critical thoughts of Benedetto Croce, the poetry of the futurists, the art of typography and theatrical experiments of Anton Bragaglia. He also closely followed the Polish themes in Italian professional and daily magazines. Roman Pollak meticulously noted everything that indicated interest in Poland and its culture in Italy, such as Italians’ visits to Poznan or the initiatives of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Public Education aimed at promoting Polish culture abroad. Many of the articles were devoted to the authors and researchers of Polish literature. The analysis of these text complements the intellectual biography of the professor not only as a literary historian, renowned expert in the Baroque or the co-founder and leader of Polish studies in Italy, but also as a scholar who skillfully combined his scientific and didactic work with prolific writing for one of the major daily newspapers in the Second Polish Republic.Apart from numerous scientific publications, professor Roman Pollak also contributed his articles to “Kurier Poznańki” (Poznań Messenger) from 1923 to 1935. They are a perfect illustration of the reflections on the broad range and depth of the professor’s interests; he appreciated the critical thoughts of Benedetto Croce, the poetry of the futurists, the art of typography and theatrical experiments of Anton Bragaglia. He also closely followed the Polish themes in Italian professional and daily magazines. Roman Pollak meticulously noted everything that indicated interest in Poland and its culture in Italy, such as Italians’ visits to Poznan or the initiatives of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Public Education aimed at promoting Polish culture abroad. Many of the articles were devoted to the authors and researchers of Polish literature. The analysis of these text complements the intellectual biography of the professor not only as a literary historian, renowned expert in the Baroque or the co-founder and leader of Polish studies in Italy, but also as a scholar who skillfully combined his scientific and didactic work with prolific writing for one of the major daily newspapers in the Second Polish Republic
Reymont na Balu Prasy
Full text linkThe article discusses an unpublished short manuscript by Władysław Stanisław Reymont. A note placed by the author of The Peasants on a ball ticket from 1922 constitutes a starting point for the reconstruction of a minor, although particularly interesting, episode from the late period in the artist’s life
Arcydzieła francuskiej mediewistyki
Full text linkTwo significant volumes dedicated to mediaeval studies which sparked an engaged reception in Poland of the work by the Annales school were Georges Duby and Robert Mandrou’s A History of French Civilization. From the 10th to 20th century and Jacques Le Goff’s Medieval Civilization 400–1500.
Although they are without a doubt scientific books, their literary value places them in the popular science genre. As early as a few years after their publication, both books were successfully translated by Hanna Szumańska-Grossowa, which contributed to the popularisation of the knowledge about French history among Polish readers.
It’s a great achievement of Szumańska-Grossowa, who translated into Polish both fiction and scientific books, to enable Polish readers of the 1960s and 1970s to freely familiarise themselves with the greatest achievements of French and, more broadly speaking, European humanities
Angielskie strofy i polska lutnia. O przekładach „Melodii hebrajskich” George’a Gordona Byrona pióra Antoniego Edwarda Odyńca
Full text linkThe article discusses the translation of four poems by George Gordon Byron: Vision of Belshezzar, The Wild Gazelle, Oh! Weep for Those, On Jordan’s Banks from the collection Hebrew Melodies published in 1816 as a result of the poet’s cooperation with the composer Isaac Nathan. The Polish translations by Antoni Edward Odyniec were published in his collections in 1826 (Vision of Belshezzar) and 1832 (the remaining ones).
The first part of the text is dedicated to the circumstances in which the originals were written. The second part constitutes a detailed analysis of the translation choices of Odyniec, which places them in the context of Polish poetry of the post-partitions period (among others, poems by Jan Paweł Woronicz and Adam Jerzy Czartoryski) and in the context of translation studies (Lawrence Venuti, Stanisław Barańczak, André Lefevere)
Pozyskanie Giovanniego Mavera dla polonistyki włoskiej
Full text linkThe subject of the article is an attempt at recreating, based on source material, the initial contacts of the renowned Slavist Giovanni Maver with the studies of Polish literature in Poland and the community around two scholars in Polish literature: Stanisław Kot and Roman Pollak.The subject of the article is an attempt at recreating, based on source material, the initial contacts of the renowned Slavist Giovanni Maver with the studies of Polish literature in Poland and the community around two scholars in Polish literature: Stanisław Kot and Roman Pollak
Mickiewiczowski ideał wychowawczy Romana Pollaka
Full text linkThe article presents a previously unpublished lecture on Adam Mickiewicz by professor Roman Pollak, O idei wychowawczej Mickiewicza (On Mickiewicz’s pedagogic idea), which was created and given for the first time during the German occupation in Warsaw and then repeated in the early post-war years. The commentary locates this text in the context of Pollak’s biography and scientific interests; it also outlines the connection between the ideas presented in it and the philosophy and ethics in Mickiewicz’s Wykłady o literaturze słowiańskiej (Lectures on Slavic literature).The article presents a previously unpublished lecture on Adam Mickiewicz by professor Roman Pollak, O idei wychowawczej Mickiewicza (On Mickiewicz’s pedagogic idea), which was created and given for the first time during the German occupation in Warsaw and then repeated in the early post-war years. The commentary locates this text in the context of Pollak’s biography and scientific interests; it also outlines the connection between the ideas presented in it and the philosophy and ethics in Mickiewicz’s Wykłady o literaturze słowiańskiej (Lectures on Slavic literature)
Die Bildungsreflexion Zygmunt Łempickis (1886–1943) zwischen den akademischen Welten in Deutschland und Polen. Inspirationen – Formen – Erbe
Full text linkThe aim of the paper is to analyse an ongoing Polish-German project devoted to the Polish philologist Zygmunt Łempicki (1886–1943) and to present the potential, structure, risks and chances of this endeavour involving scholars from Heidelberg, Warsaw and Wroclaw. The Łempicki grant is a work in progress and the author attempts to present how it came to be, starting with the application for the grant, and continuing with the way the cooperation was initiated and the first meetings held, in order to finally present the perspectives for the project’s outcomes. The paper attempts to present its dynamics in order to guarantee a unique insight into the challenges the head of the project meets with. The perspectives for research into the history of German philology in Poland are illustrated and discussed on the example of the specific initiative carried out by means of a cooperation between numerous institutions from different countries