CERVANTES’ DON QUIJOTE IN POLISH AND RUSSIAN CRITICISM (BASED ON ZOFIA SZMYDTOWA’S AND VLADIMIR NABOKOV’S MATERIAL) Cover Image

Don Kichot Cervantesa w krytyce rosyjskiej i polskiej (na materiale prac Vladimira Nabokova i Zofii Szmydtowej)
CERVANTES’ DON QUIJOTE IN POLISH AND RUSSIAN CRITICISM (BASED ON ZOFIA SZMYDTOWA’S AND VLADIMIR NABOKOV’S MATERIAL)

Author(s): Monika Karwacka
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: Nabokov; Szmydtowa; Cervantes; Don Quijote; critics

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the critical texts of two writers / researchers whose roots come fromRussia and interests are focused on similar literature areas among other things on Don Quijote.Zofia Szmydtowa a Russian researcher whose career was developed mainly in Poland and VladimirNabokov, whose critical and literature analysis were conceived outside Russia decided to make anattempt to decode the Cervantes’ masterpiece. Both authors have their own concept concerninginterpretation and analysis of the Cervantes’ novel. The author of the paper tries to find similaritiesin their understanding and critical idiom, discovering the justification of such different critical texts.Although texts were written in different circumstances and environments they have a lot in commonwhat is shown in the paper.

  • Issue Year: 1/2015
  • Issue No: XVII
  • Page Range: 113-120
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish