Żywoty świętych (Lives of the Saints) by Piotr Skarga – transgressive biographies. Prolegomena for future research Cover Image

Żywoty świętych Piotra Skargi – biografie transgresyjne. Prolegomena do przyszłych badań
Żywoty świętych (Lives of the Saints) by Piotr Skarga – transgressive biographies. Prolegomena for future research

Author(s): Ewa Cybulska-Bohuszewicz
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: sanctity; transgression; individuality

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the phenomenon of transgressive personality based on the example of Lives of the Saints by Piotr Skarga. Each of the heroes of this work has a transgressive biography, that is, through his life they makes an act of transforming himself and leaving (transgressio) beyond the order of profanity and the transition to the order of the sacred. The notion of transgressive psychology is a tool for describing this phenomenon. The work is an introduction to further research.

  • Issue Year: 11/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 13-36
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Polish