Initiation Scenarios in Hanna Krzemieniecka’s "Fate. A Psychological Study" Cover Image
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Scenariusze inicjacyjne w "Fatum. Studium psychologicznym" Hanny Krzemienieckiej
Initiation Scenarios in Hanna Krzemieniecka’s "Fate. A Psychological Study"

Author(s): Iga Walaszczyk
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Theology and Religion, Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Hanna Krzemieniecka; theosophy; literary modernism; literary occultism; initiation; esotericism

Summary/Abstract: Examining the idea of initiation in Hanna Krzemieniecka’s novel "Fatum. Studium psychologiczne" [Fate. A Psychological Study], this paper aims to show how the Polish modernist writer uses this topos. I try to highlight the role of the occult in Polish literary modernism, noting that Krzemieniecka attempts to outline a scenario of difficult initiation characteristic of the modern world by using theosophical concepts and other esoteric tropes in an original way.

  • Issue Year: 481/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 121-135
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish