Realistic utopia (or utopian realism) in “Mikołaja Doświadczyńskiego przypadki” Cover Image

Realistyczna utopia (lub utopijny realizm) w „Mikołaja Doświadczyńskiego przypadkach”
Realistic utopia (or utopian realism) in “Mikołaja Doświadczyńskiego przypadki”

Author(s): Józef Tomasz Pokrzywniak
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
Keywords: Krasicki; novel; realism; utopia

Summary/Abstract: According to the opinion of majority of literature historians Mikołaja Doświadczyńskiegoprzypadki is widely known as the first modern-times Polish novel. The realism andprobability principles, which are characteristic of the above mentioned modern times, arebroken by utopian idealism in chapter II, in which action takes place on Nipu island. Itseems that Nipu reality might be considered in categories of realism and probability, asthe chapter is analyzed in the context to the story line of the whole book. Krasicki, as hewrote about Thomas Moore, defined utopia as a political project for future. Nipu citizens,as fugitives from the Conquest, live happy lives in isolation preserving past reality.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 71
  • Page Range: 31-47
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish