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„COŚ GO SPĘTAŁO I ZMROCZYŁO… NIE MOŻE GRAĆ…”. REPARTYCJA MITYCZNA W DRAMATACH MIMICZNYCH BOLESŁAWA LEŚMIANA
MYTHICAL REPARTITION IN MIME DRAMAS BY BOLESŁAW LEŚMIAN

Author(s): Marzena Karwowska
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
Keywords: Bolesław Leśmian; Skrzypek Opętany; Pierrot i Kolombina; mime drama; mythocritique; anthropology of literature; Gilbert Durand

Summary/Abstract: In this article texts of Bolesław Leśmian dramas entitled: Pierrot i Kolombina and Skrzypek Opętany have been analysed. The main objects of this article are as follows: problem of writer’s block and his efforts in overcoming this crisis. Interpretation of Leśman’s dramas is methodologically refer to anthropological theory proposed in Gilbert Durand literary studies. Symbolic mining, hidden in mentioned texts, have been taken under mythocritical interpretation. Additionally the following aspects were discussed: artistic palingenesis of archaic myths, valorisation of setting typical for mysteries of regeneration and literary actualisation of ritual scenario.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 69
  • Page Range: 103-115
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish