Paradygmat młodości w polskiej poezji awangardowej

In his article, the author discusses the problem of youth that occurs in the poetry of Polish avant-garde poets. On the example of the interwar poems of Anatol Stern and Czesław Miłosz among others the researcher shows the functioning of the two major variants of the paradigm of youth in this poetry. The first one is related to the creation of youth as the ruthless force that forms new laws and qualities of life. The poets of the Second Avant-Garde present another model of youth in their works. The age of adolescence becomes a pretext for them to verify the existing world and settle with its naïve reception. Catastrophic moods are dominant in their art. Between these two variants of the paradigm of youth there are Adam Ważyk’s visions of adolescence, in which the researcher indicates the presence of idyllic threads and child’s imaginatio

Kazania ekspresjonistów o odnowie człowieka oraz sztuki w manifestach Jerzego Hulewicza i Adama Bederskiego

The concept of the spiritual renewal of man and a so-called New Art, which are the most important slogans of German and Polish expressionism, were represented in the literary manifests of Jerzy Hulewicz and Adam Bederski. Both artists were connected to the Poznan journal of “Zdrój” and shared a similar sermon-like style of expression, which was characterized by a rich usage of metaphors and rhetoric figures of persuasion. In search of religious and biblical sources Jerzy Hulewicz focused on the topicality of Juliusz Słowacki’s thought. In some articles Hulewicz described relations to God, Man and God, the People (Nation), while leaving out art issues. Bederski, on the other hand, focuses on the dichotomy of the Self – Society and Artist – the Recipient concurrently stressing the importance of man’s freedom and independence in reference to Nietzsche’s concept of the 'strong self' and 'will to power'. Understanding life as the supreme value, Bederski was an organic part of the cultural tendencies of his tim

Słowianofilstwo Tadeusza Micińskiego

The introductory part of the paper considers the understanding of the “slavophilia” term. Its meaning is being derived from the dictionary entries and the semantic usage of the word in the publicism and the scientific literature of the 19th and the 20th centuries. The author defines this term as an admiration for the Slavonic culture linked with its valuation, which can be referred to various spheres of spiritual and socio-political life of Slavic nations across the centuries in Europe from the Middle Ages to the modern times. He deals also with the interpretation of the similar terms, such as Pan-slavism and neoslavism. Furthermore, the author considers the motifs and symbols which appear in Tadeusz Miciński’s poetry, prose and drama and which constitute sort of Slavonic mythopoetics. The author claims that the valuation of Slavic culture (inspired by the pieces of the great national bards) in Miciński’s works was connected with the visions of the future of the Polish nation and the entire Slavic world. He also points out the specific cultural Aryan Baltic and Slavic mediation, which can be found in Miciński’s works. The final part of the paper, exemplified with the quotes from the less-known Miciński’s journalistic texts, considers the idea of the Slavic commonwealth to which the poet attached a significant role in the project of future Europe. It is essential to state here, that these Slavic conceptions did not presume the concessions to national and state interests of the Pole

Zapomniana poezja Wandy Melcer-Rutkowskiej

The author presents a glossary for Wanda Melcer-Rutkowska’s biography, which draws on her social and literary activity in the context of cultural trans-formations at the beginning of the 20th century. Moreover, the author clearly outlines Melcer Rutkowska’s active engagement in a variety of initiatives intended to revolutionise the realm of customs and art. The article draws on the literary output of the author of Miasto zwierząt, indicating the impact it had during the interwar years. Special attention is paid to the forgotten poetry which was eventually included in a compilation of previously printed volumes and those poems which had been formally scattered throughout the press. Two aspects of Melcer-Rutkowska’s literary work were primarily analysed: feministic and avant-gard

Etos powstania styczniowego jako fundament koncepcji odrodzenia państwa i narodu w twórczości Stefana Żeromskiego

This article analyses the thematic presence of the January Uprising in Stefan Żeromski’s prose and journalism, particularly his novel Uroda życia (1912) and two short stories. It is thus contended that the writer created a mythology of an eternally lasting uprising, demanding its realization in Poles’ varied activities in the years following 1863. Żeromski equally ensured the immortality of the uprising, which would result in the nation’s rebirth that had been made possible by the heroism of the fighters and their inheritors

Amerika des Reymont. Emigration und die Neue Welt

Der Autor versucht verschiedene Zusammenhänge von Władysław Stanisław Reymont und Amerika, sowie seine Kultur vorzustellen, indem er sich auf die so genannten „amerikanische Erzählungen” (Powrót, Księżniczka, Spowiedź), Presseveröffentlichungen und andere Quellen (vor allem Archivalien) stützt. Zuerst spricht man in diesem Artikel über die Reisen des Schriftstellers nach Amerika. Anschließend beschreibt man sein Interesse für die Probleme polnischer Emigration in den Vereinigten Staaten, sowie das ambivalente Verhältnis Reymonts zu der Zivilisation der Neuen Welt.Zadanie pt. „Digitalizacja i udostępnienie w Cyfrowym Repozytorium Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego kolekcji czasopism naukowych wydawanych przez Uniwersytet Łódzki” nr 885/P-DUN/2014 zostało dofinansowane ze środków MNiSW w ramach działalności upowszechniającej nauk

The portrait of a modern woman in the poetry of Wanda Melcer

The article tackles the topie of womanhood as a typical motif in Wanda Melcer' s poetry, a topie which in historical-literary studies has so far been insufficiently discussed. Through the analysis of selected poems from her two published volumes as well as from other scattered poems, the portrait of a modern woman as presented in that poetry has been sketched out. This woman is a person who takes part in civilisational, social and manner-related changes. Her relations to culture, art and literature, her vitality and being active in life, all attest to her abandonment of roles imposed by the patriarchal system. It has been shown that the "new woman" breaks taboos and is educated. Above all she is independent and selfreliant, desires success and thirsts for new experiences, as demonstrated by how she frequently changes her surroundings and appropriates new spaces. She moulds her identity in confrontation with the outside world, she is open to otherness and changeability. At the same time she maintains personal consistency. Her creative identity is related to acting upon the principle of choice, and not obligation. Due to the multitude of biographical references present, the portrait of the female heroine contained in Wanda Melcer's poetry can be seen as a self-portrait of the author herself

Koherencja mitów odrodzenia natury, człowieka i ojczyzny w późnych wierszach Tadeusza Micińskiego („Hymn”, „Widzenie Polski”)

The article presents interpretations of the little-known late poetry of Tadeusz Miciński from 1914-1915, where the myth of revival occurs. It has been shown that alongside with the myths of individual and national revival found in the writer’s earlier works, there appears the rite of renewal of nature, which functions in the close connection with them in the poems Hymn/Anthem and Widzenie Polski/Vision of Poland. This is the new formula of the author's lyrics. It has been proved that the coherence of the mentioned myths is subordinated to the idea of renouncing personal happiness in favor of the national cause and the vision of resurrection of the homeland (Poland) in specific geographical dimension. Attention was paid to the symbolism of the language of the analyzed texts

Paradygmat młodości w polskiej poezji awangardowej

In his article, the author discusses the problem of youth that occurs in the poetry of Polish avant-garde poets. On the example of the interwar poems of Anatol Stern and Czesław Miłosz among others the researcher shows the functioning of the two major variants of the paradigm of youth in this poetry. The first one is related to the creation of youth as the ruthless force that forms new laws and qualities of life. The poets of the Second Avant-Garde present another model of youth in their works. The age of adolescence becomes a pretext for them to verify the existing world and settle with its naïve reception. Catastrophic moods are dominant in their art. Between these two variants of the paradigm of youth there are Adam Ważyk’s visions of adolescence, in which the researcher indicates the presence of idyllic threads and child’s imagination

Publicystyka Tadeusza Micińskiego w dobie Wielkiej Wojny

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