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„Vitae archiepiscoporum Gnesnensium” Klemensa Janickiego – geneza i wczesna recepcja
Get PDFThe article concerns a series of biographical epigrams entitled Vitae archiepiscoporum Gnesnensium written by Klemens Janicki at the request of Archbishop Andrzej Krzycki. The author considers historical and iconographic context of this cycle
Klemensa Janicjusza sztuka wymówki
Get PDFRhetorical strategy called the recusatio, starting from the rejection of the epic in the Hellenistic period, developed in diverse ways in Roman poetry (Tibullus, Vergil, Horace, Martial and others). It was often connected with the poet’s declaration of his literary interest, hierarchy or program. The author’s aim is to confront these topoi with Clemens Ianicius’ realization of this strategy in three elegies: Tristia III (Excusat Petro Cmitae, Viro Illustri, Patrono suo, silentium suum Patavinum…), Variae elegiae VI (Verecunde a Petro Cmita petit, ut ei ad Italica studia subsidio sit) and Variae elegiae XI (A Franciscano quodam rogatus, ut in Scotum quiddam scriberet, se illi excusat)
RZYMSKIE IGRZYSKA I HISZPAŃSKA CORRIDA. RYS PORÓWNAWCZY OBU TRADYCJI NA WYBRANYCH PRZYKŁADACH
Get PDFThe text compares Roman ludi (mainly venationes), with Spanish tauromachy. Although there is no continuoustradition there are some universal similarities in their elements. We illustrate this by means of three comparisons:between the symbolical space of bullrings and amphiteatres, between the glory of gladiators and torerosas well as its influence on the world art, and finally between the ancient and contemporary controversies thatled to a change or decline in both traditions
Satyra, rozmowa zmarłych czy dialog polityczny? O formie gatunkowej utworu Klemensa Janickiego „In Polonici vestitus varietatem et inconstantiam dialogus”
Get PDFThe articles focuses on the analysis of the genology of a literary piece by Klemens Janicki. Its form turns out to be of complex and syncretic nature, likewise the issues discussed therein and concerning the politics and social manners
Przyjaźń w życiu i twórczości Klemensa Janickiego
Get PDFThe present paper focuses on friendship’s role in life and poetry of Klemens Janicki (1516–1543). Unfortunately there is a noticeable lack of sources and testimonies. The analysis of poetical works written by Janicki is only partially useful. In the epoch of the Renaissance very often the statements on friendship were exaggerated. Despite of these circumstances it is possible to analyze the poetical techniques used in texts about friends and friendship. The paper ends with an attempt to describe the nature of Ianicius’ relationships with his friends.The present paper focuses on friendship’s role in life and poetry of Klemens Janicki (1516–1543). Unfortunately there is a noticeable lack of sources and testimonies. The analysis of poetical works written by Janicki is only partially useful. In the epoch of the Renaissance very often the statements on friendship were exaggerated. Despite of these circumstances it is possible to analyze the poetical techniques used in texts about friends and friendship. The paper ends with an attempt to describe the nature of Ianicius’ relationships with his friends
MARTWA DYDONA
Get PDFThe text is an analysis of the story of Dido as shown in Virgil’s Aeneid. The author presents pre-Virgiliansources of the history of the Phoenician queen, recounts the three principal versions of Dido’s biography andsets the Virgil’s narration against the opinions of ancient commentators (Servius, Macrobius) and other Romanwriters reminiscing about Dido’s ill-fated past. All the testimonies bring out the uncontestable claim that it wasVirgil who first wrote about the tragic love entanglement between Aeneas and Dido, a story which rapidly gainedpopularity upon the publication of the Aeneid. The article discusses Virgil’s subversive understanding ofgender and the conventional traits of national character (Roman and barbaric, as typified in Roman literature)
From Tibullus’s Palette of Literary Genres. Prayer and Religious Hymn as Exponents of the Poetic Program of the Elegiac Poet
Get PDFThe article presents the analysis of hymns and prayers in the love elegies of Tibullus
Three Settings in Seneca’s Phaedra
Get PDFIn the following article I present my own concept for interpreting Seneca’s Phaedra, demonstrating that the action takes place in three distinct settings: that of the royal palace (DOMUS), which is the domain of Phaedra’s actions, that of the city of Athens (URBS), which is the realm of Theseus and the Nurse, and that of the forest (SILVAE), which constitutes the world of Hippolytus. In the second part of the article I propose to arrange the stage in a way that takes the proposed settings into account
“Gothic” Elements in Seneca’s Tragedies
Get PDFIn the present article I discuss the remarkable fact that many of the motifs to be found in Seneca’s tragedies – such as a horrible death, a madman, an obsession or some supernatural agent – are also to be found in abundance in the work of “Gothic” authors such as Ann Radcliffe and Edgar Allan Poe. Indeed, these motifs are now commonly considered to be the hallmark of the Gothic genre. I also analyse some of the techniques which Seneca uses in order to arouse fear and stimulate the reader’s imagination, comparing them with those used by Poe and other Gothic writers
SOME OBSERVATIONS ON T.S. ELIOT’S MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL
Get PDFLouis MacNeice translated Aeschylus’ Agamemnon in such a way that some were reminded of T.S. Eliot’s playMurder in the Cathedral. Both plays were staged in the mid-1930s in England, and the authors correspondedwith each other. At first sight, this is the story of a minor figure imitating greater stylishness. A closer analysis,however, reveals that Eliot drew largely on Aeschylus’ Agamemnon. This is new, yet on second thoughts, notsurprising: being obsessed by heritage and tradition, Eliot was surely a fervent reader of classical tragedies,perhaps even a fine connoisseur. Nevertheless, there is another story, lurking in the background so to say, thistime about a great poet indebted to a subtle and sensitive mind