In Search of Form and Content: Henryk Sienkiewicz’s "Sielanka. Obrazek leśny" Cover Image

W poszukiwaniu formy i treści. „Sielanka. Obrazek leśny” Henryka Sienkiewicza
In Search of Form and Content: Henryk Sienkiewicz’s "Sielanka. Obrazek leśny"

Author(s): Agnieszka Kuniczuk-Trzcinowicz
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Towarzystwo Literackie im. Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Henryk Sienkiewicz; short story; idyll; realism; literary convention

Summary/Abstract: An attempt at an analysis of "Sielanka. Obrazek leśny" – a less-known work by Henryk Sienkiewicz, distinct the novelist’s mainstream output. Taking a glance at this short story, or novella, the author endeavoured to show the origins of the artistic route of the Nobel-Prize winner as well as the way he perceived the reality at the time his way of literary depiction of realities was not as yet crystallised. Associations with folk culture and the influence of classicism on the prosaist’s early works.

  • Issue Year: XLVII/2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 281-296
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish