Apoteoza „twarzy autentycznej” – o „Grenadierze-filozofie” Cypriana Godebskiego
Apotheosis of “Authentic Face”

On Cyprian Godebski’s “Grenadier-Filozof” (“Grenadier the Philosopher”). Introductory Remarks

Summary/Abstract: The primary goal of the sketch is an attempt at grasping the modes of protagonist presentation in Godebski’s piece “Grenadier-filozof” (“Grenadier the Philosopher)”. Special attention is paid to such parts of the text that refer to appearance, behaviours, and emotional states of the protagonists, all being key parts which, in a broader perspective, allow to answer the question about the ways of manifesting the self in the analysed piece and the connections of the mentioned ways with the modernity crystallising in the Enlightenment. Among the modes of protagonist presentation of which Godebski took advantage we may find, inter alia, influence of sentimentalism, the literary trend that favoured searching for new ways of expressing the subject which were also crucial from the perspective of the subsequent transformations in the sphere of identity that took place at the turn of the 18th and 19th c. The strategies under scrutiny induce to consider the influence of authenticity ideal, which finds its implementations in the thoughts of the leading representatives of the Age of Reason, on the desired patterns of behaviours and interhuman relations presented in “Grenadier the Philosopher.”

• Details
• Contents