On the Value of Literature in the Light of Adolf Dygasinski’s Aphorisms and Correspondence Cover Image

O wartości literatury w świetle aforyzmów i korespondencji Adolfa Dygasińskiego
On the Value of Literature in the Light of Adolf Dygasinski’s Aphorisms and Correspondence

Author(s): Agata Skała
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
Keywords: Adolf Dygasiński; literature of positivism; values; aphorism, correspondence

Summary/Abstract: Adolf Dygasiński methodically developed writing meticulous aphorisms. He cherishedthe intention to write a vast theoretical study on literature, author, reader and the book.The sketched adages were to help him as central themes for particular chapters. Althoughthe substantial part of this collection is characterized by stylistic negligence (the indicatorof a sketch) there exists the need for a thorough inspection of the senses of aphorisms,as they include prudent and maturely thought over concepts that show the writer’s ownproject, which has not been expressed anywhere else by a systemic lecture and concernedthe significance of literariness. Together with journalistic texts and private letters,aphorisms constituted the testimony of Dygasiński’s creative awareness.

  • Issue Year: 60/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 113-126
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish