The Artist Is Betrayed and Disappointed. Portrait of Aleksander Pushkin in Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz’s Maskarada Cover Image
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Artysta zdradzony i zawiedziony. Portret Aleksandra Puszkina w Maskaradzie Jarosława Iwaszkiewicza
The Artist Is Betrayed and Disappointed. Portrait of Aleksander Pushkin in Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz’s Maskarada

Author(s): Maria Jolanta Olszewska
Subject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Culture and social structure
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Artist; masquerade; poet; tyranny; betrayal; freedom; identity

Summary/Abstract: Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz’s dramatic works, diversified in terms of theme and genre, by no means occupy a marginal place in his comprehensively perceived writing oeuvre. Three of Iwaszkiewicz’s plays, linked by the artist’s theme, deserve a special mention: Lato w Nohant, Maskarada and Wesele pana Balzaka. The subject of analysis in this article is the play “Masquerade”. That play focuses on the character of Alexander Pushkin and his complex relationship with the environment, which lead to the self-destruction of the poet, for whom the only salvation is death. In this play, Iwaszkiewicz connected the artistic theme with the question of subjectivity and identity.

  • Issue Year: 475/2021
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 7-22
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish