Skośnoocy szlachcice Norwida
Norwid’s “Chinese” noblemen
Author(s): Jan ZielińskiSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: 1867 Paris world exhibition; A-Naï; A-Tchoé; Bertall; Chinoiserie; I Ching (The Book of Change); Michel Kleczkowski; Sarmatism
Summary/Abstract: An attempt to extract from Cyprian Norwid’s work a group of texts, drawings and mixed forms that deal with a subject of caricatures of Polish noblemen, who have some Chinese traits and who treat arts nonchalantly. Looking for the sources of this Chinese-Sarmatian mixture, the author confronts previous interpretations (Chlebowska, Dambek, Jeżewski) with a broader press and iconographical context in order to throw some new light on Norwid’s contacts with the Chinese culture.
Journal: Studia Norwidiana
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 41
- Page Range: 83-95
- Page Count: 13
- Language: Polish