Hermeneutyka siebie w spowiedziach romantycznych bohaterów (Mnicha, Wacława, Popiela)
Hermeneutics of the self in the confessions of Romantic heroes (Monk’s, Wacław’s, Popiel’s)

Author(s): Lucyna Nawarecka
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, 19th Century, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Romantic heroes; confession; Słowacki; subjectivity; truth
Summary/Abstract: The author examines the confessions of Romantic heroes using M. Foucault’s concept of telling the truth about the evil committed by oneself. Confession, i.e. the act of verbalization performed in front of someone, is important. It enables one to experience self-presence and gain insight into the depths of one’s self. This builds a strong subject, aware of what he experiences. The author examines to what extent J. Słowacki’s characters are open to the truth about themselves and what their attitude to themselves is. She tries to answer the question of their conscious subjectivity, which turns out to be very different. The monk lives an illusion, Waclaw is dominated by trauma, Popiel reaches his own spirituality.

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