„Starobajki rozkrasiczone”, czyli XX-wieczne naśladowania, parafrazy i trawestacje bajek Ignacego Krasickiego
“Krasickian Old Fables,” or 20th C. Imitations, Paraphrases, and Travesties of Ignacy Krasicki’s Fables

Summary/Abstract: Among the relations to Ignacy Krasicki’s output in Polish 20th c. literature, those to fables prove most frequent. The imitations are characterised by departure from universalism and parable pattern for actualisation merged with strengthening the satirical blade. At the same time, the analysed pieces reveal a vast array of plays with tradition: from the classical pastiche to constructions that remind of contemporary sampling practices. Mentions to Krasicki’s fables serve various purposes: a display of literary art of imitation, a political satire, unrefined joke. In each case knowing the reference point is indispensable, or at least desirable. Regardless of what we face—a classical literary emulation or juggle with quotations and intertextual allusions—Krasicki’s fables were the necessary condition of producing them.

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