Radio adaptation of the Plato’s dialogues’ translated by W. Witwicki and its reception at H. Jakubanis’ philosophical seminar in the Catholic Universi Cover Image

Radiowa adaptacja Platońskich dialogów w przekładzie W. Witwickiego i jej recepcja na seminarium filozoficznym H. Jakubanisa w KUL
Radio adaptation of the Plato’s dialogues’ translated by W. Witwicki and its reception at H. Jakubanis’ philosophical seminar in the Catholic Universi

Author(s): Tomasz Mróz
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: Plato; Plato reception in Poland; Socrates; Witwicki; Jakubanis; CUL

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents a little-known episode in the reception of Plato’s dialogues in Polish culture in the interwar period, namely the radio adaptation of the dialogues. The adaptation was based on four dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, all of them translated by WLadysLaw Witwicki. This radio drama was very popular and was broadcasted several times. Its popularity followed the fact that the forefront of the Polish actors interpreted the outstanding Polish texts delivered by Witwicki. The paper presents the reception of the four mentioned above dialogues by the professional readers, philologists and the classic languages’ teachers. The radio drama constitutes entirely separate field of the influence of Plato’s works. Radio made Plato’s Socrates accessible to the unprofessional wide audience. There was, however, a peculiar case of reception of the radio drama among the listeners. It was applied for the didactic purposes by Henryk Jakubanis at his philosophical seminar which was carried in the interwar period in the Catholic University of Lublin.

  • Issue Year: 61/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 43-71
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Polish