The dark sting of degenerate nature. Sketch of the dark-romantic inspirations in Wojciech Smarzowski’s Rose Cover Image

Mroczne żądło zdegenerowanej natury. Szkic o czarnoromantycznych inspiracjach Róży Wojciecha Smarzowskiego
The dark sting of degenerate nature. Sketch of the dark-romantic inspirations in Wojciech Smarzowski’s Rose

Author(s): Andrzej Szpulak
Subject(s): Cultural history, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Sociology of Art
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Wojciech Smarzowski; Rose; black romanticism; Romanticism in film; Polish historical film; war film;

Summary/Abstract: The text presents Polish dark romanticism as an important source of inspiration for the images of violence, including sexual violence, in Wojciech Smarzowskis Rose. The author reveals the mechanisms of this inspiration: visual, dramatic, intellectual, and refers to specific literary texts, from the Romantic era and later, by Antoni Malczewski, Seweryn Goszczyński, Juliusz Słowacki and Włodzimierz Odojewski.

  • Issue Year: 19/2016
  • Issue No: 28
  • Page Range: 265-272
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish