378 research outputs found
“Samą zemstą dusza nie wyżyje...” Vendetta in Henryk Sienkiewicz’s Trilogy
No full textThe article concerns the problem of revenge in Henryk Sienkiewicz’s Trilogy. It was distinguished and described two models of it. The first one is spontaneous, irrational, and emotional; the second one – i.e. clan revenge – is conceptual, and perfectly executed. The article examines such problems as: a circulations of violence, kinds of personal engagements in it (as subject, object and victim), and its effects.Projekt został sfinansowany ze środków Narodowego Centrum Nauki przyznanych na podstawie decyzji numer DEC-2012/06/A/HS2/[email protected] Zalewski, pracuje w Katedrze Teorii Literatury Wydziału Polonistyki Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. Autor prac z zakresu krytyki mitograficznej (Powracająca fala. Mityczne konteksty wybranych powieści Bolesława Prusa i Elizy Orzeszkowej, Kraków 2005) oraz intersemiotycznej (Pragnienie, poznanie, przemijanie. Fotograficzne reprezentacje w literaturze polskiej, Kraków 2010). Publikował m.in. w „Pamiętniku Literackim”, „Tekstach Drugich”, „Ruchu Literackim”.Wydział Polonistyki, Uniwersytet Jagielloński153-171915317
Indefinitely about Prus… Review of Cezary Zalewski’s “Bolesław Prus jako estetyk. Sztuki piękne w dyskursie i praktyce prozatorskiej pisarza”
Get PDFRecenzja naukowa książki Cezarego Zalewskiego o poglądach estetycznych Prusa. Autorka omawia ujęcie Zalewskiego, sytuując książkę na tle dotychczasowych badań prusologicznych. W recenzji został zaprezentowany zamysł Autora, kompozycję książki, materiał.Reviewed of the book by Cezary Zalewski on Bolesław Prus as a aesthetician. The reviewer discusses Zalewski’s approach, locating the book on the background of previous studies on Prus. The review presents the author’s intention, composition of the book, and the material.Publikacja dofinansowana przez katedry literaturoznawcze Instytutu Filologii Polskiej Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Gaius’ “Institutiones” by Cezary Kunderewicz
No full textIn his work the author presents the process of creating the first complete Polish translation of Gaius’s Institutiones by Cezary Kunderewicz (in the 19th c. the first two books were translated into Polish by Dydyński). The translation was published by PWN in 1982 (in 2003 another Polish edition was published by Rozwadowski). The author supposes that professor Kunderewicz probably started his translation in the early 1970s. He refers to his own memories as he is now the oldest disciple of Professor Kunderewicz. The author mentions that Kunderewicz was excellently prepared for this difficult work. Several years earlier Kunderewicz translated the treatise on Roman Aqueducts written by Frontinus. The article is clearly based on memories. This is the reason why the author is quoting only one review of Kunderewicz’s translation and why he does no try to evaluate the translation. In the end the author writes also about Kunderewicz’s another translation – Polish edition of Justinian’s Institutes, which was published in 1986
Different mirrors. Pseudonarcissistic representations in the poetry of Halina Poświatowska and Wisława Szymborska
Get PDFThe article analyses and compares two poetical texts written by women. The texts use a motif of
a mirror in both literal and metaphorical way. The author compares H. Poświatowska’s and
W. Szymborska’s poems to question traditional twentieth-century reception of Narcissus’ motive.
The proposal that arises is to see this motive as an illusion. Any woman that watches herself in
a mirror does not seek just for her sight, but also for a sight of “an other” – a man. Quoting these
gives, in the author’s opinion, an argument to say that a woman watching her reflection is not able
to converge the mythical Narcissus’ archer. Appearance of a man that was sought mediates the act
of self-contemplation in which one that was watching gets an access to herself by both body and
mind aspect. The access is possible only under a condition of “sight of an other” mediacy. The
subject in women’s lyrics is liable and dependent on what can be seen as a typical feature of its
modern version. This liability and dependency is being carefully masked in lyrics written by men
that explore the myth of Narcissus
"We do not wish to torment Sienkiewicz" : the reception of Wiry in the Polish press between 1909 and 1916
No full textThe article is a reconstruction of the literary criticisms that appeared in the publication of Wiry, the novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz. It presents both the acclamatory and radically critical reviews. The last part reconstructs the portrait of the author himself, which emerges from the polarized oppositions of a patriot, provocateur and sage-fool
"The world has been unhinged" : violence and its representations in Bolesław Prus’s "The children"
No full textThe subject of the present article is the way revolutionary violence is presented in Bolesław Prus’s novel entitled The Children. Momentary and long-term strategies are distinguished. By means of the first of them the author shows executions (military and revolutionary), in which the simplified procedure immediately leads to pronouncing and executing the sentence. The other technique emphasizes the stress on the origin of the acts of violence, analyzing their psychological motifs in detail and their (military or terrorist) preparations
"Wheat and corn cockle" : Biblical intertexts in Bolesław Prus' "The doll"
No full textThe article aims at analyzing the function that Biblical quotations perform in Boleslaw Prus’ The Doll (Lalka). In the first part the author examines the prefigurative potential of the signalled quotations which demarcate the lot of many minor characters (e.g. the Wysocki brothers, baron and baroness Krzeszowscy). The second part discusses so called “acts of quoting” in which intertextual relations are cut down to the scenes the quotations appear (e.g. the walk in Powisle, the events in Skierniewice). In both cases the Bible as well as the theological discourse that interprets it prove to be a functional tool for understanding a number of unclear fragments in Prus’ masterpiece
Dolls, mirrors, obituaries : the motif of photograph in Polish prose in 1863-1939
No full textThe article Dolls, Mirrors, Obituaries analyses the motif of photograph in Polish prose in 1863-1939. The author presents three contexts in which the “prop” is found. Most frequently a photograph has an important function in the protagonists’ love affairs who, seeing the photograph, fall in love or become jealous. Perception of photography carries also an amount of data on the world which gradually reduce and ultimately lead to the recourse to the observed subject. The third context is connected with the tanatological experience of the protagonists: a photo of the deceased may console or conversely - strengthen the belief in fragility of every life
A pilgrim and a pantheist : Henryk Sienkiewicz in Athens
No full textArtykuł jest analizą epistolografii Henryka Sienkiewicza powstałą w trakcie jego pobytu w Grecji (w 1886 roku). Podstawową kategorią interpretacyjną jest figura pielgrzyma, która wykorzystana zostaje w dwóch modalnościach: (1) jako scalający i porządkujący projekt autobiograficzny i (2) jako opis konkretnej wędrówki do miejsca świętego (tu: Akropolu). W pierwszym wypadku podróż do Grecji będzie próbą powrotu do siebie samego z okresu studiów filologicznych; w drugim - odprawieniem prywatnego rytuału na ruinach świątyń. Drugi aspekt zostanie poddany wnikliwej analizie pod kątem: (a) wrażeń, (b) wyobrażeń i (c) wyjaśnień, które uruchamia pobyt na Akropolu. W wyniku dociekań stwierdzona zostaje u Sienkiewicza postawa estetycznego panteizmu, która uzyskuje zabarwienie stoickie. W konkluzjach wskazana zostaje różnica między tym stanowiskiem a doświadczeniem ściśle religijnym, które podlega tu wyraźnemu wyparciu.The article is an analysis of Henryk Sienkiewicz's epistolography written during his stay in Greece (in 1886). The basic interpretive category is the figure of the pilgrim, which is used in two modalities: (1) as a unifying and organizing autobiographical project and (2) as a description of a specific journey to a sacred place (here: the Acropolis). In the first case, the trip to Greece will be an attempt to return to the self from the period of philological studies; in the second one - to perform a private ritual on the ruins of ancient temples. The second aspect will be analysed in depth in terms of: (a) impressions, (b) imaginings and (c) explanations that are triggered by a stay on the Acropolis. As a result of the inquiry, the presence of an attitude of aesthetic pantheism, which acquires a Stoic tinge, is established in Sienkiewicz. In the conclusion, the difference between this stance and a strictly religious experience is indicated, which is subject here to a clear suppression
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