Two Expressions of the One Epoch: Stanislaw Przybyszewski, Juozapas Albinas Herbačiauskas Cover Image

Dvi vienos epochos išraiškos: Stanislawas Przybyszewskis, Juozapas Albinas Herbačiauskas
Two Expressions of the One Epoch: Stanislaw Przybyszewski, Juozapas Albinas Herbačiauskas

Author(s): Eugenija Vaitkevičiūtė
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: compatative studies; cultural influences; cultural movement ''Mloda Polska; modernism; genius.

Summary/Abstract: In the beginning of 20th century Krokuva became the focus of different reforms of art and literature. There did different cultural influences from Western Europe and creators from different countries studied here at the University and Academy of Art. The whole of these appearances transformed to the cultural movement called Mloda Polska {Young Poland). An aim of this discourse is to find out similarities, differences and creative expressions' genesis of two members of this miscellaneous epoch: S. Prybyszewski and J. A. Herbaciauskas. According the most popular opinion in Lithuanian literature Prybyszewski's creation made great influence for Herbaciauskas creative point. As contemporaries (Maria Krzym) wrote, Herbaciauskas in the same way as A. Gorski, S. Wyspianski depended on an earlier period of Polish modernism than Prybyszewski (these authors were concerned more with magazine's Zycie modernistic concept). An analysis of concrete creations and concrete literary tendencies, literary language's features in the creations of mentioned authors suppose conclusion, that influence of Prybyszewski in Herbaciauskas' creation was one of factors, but it wasn't the prime mainstream. There are interfaces between these authors: the sense of the term genius, creative motives, literary language situation, that influenced similar literary accents, rising (falling) intonation etc. Comparative analysis suppose conclusion that both authors used consentaneous literary means characteristics in mentioned epoch. But both of them accentuated and enriched literary style of Mloda Polska with personal artistic standpoint, world-view and separated features.

  • Issue Year: 07/2005
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 56-61
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Lithuanian
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