"Bez tytułu i daty". O „szkicowniku myśli” Piotra Szewca

Author(s): Grażyna Maroszczuk / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

The subject of the article is notes by Piotr Szewc entitled "Bez tytułu i daty", published in “Kwartalnik Artystyczny” in the column of varia entitled "Z powodu i bez powodu". The sketchbook privacy is marked by writer’s mental state, the sense of an obvious bond with the events of a special personal meaning, discretely including notes into the area of emotion reactions. The author , being aware of the gaps of a memoirist form makes an attempt to order himself and drafts thoughts in his non-fulfillment, as well as fills in intuitions of the events reconstructed after years that are intensively close to him. A reflection on the past, that, according to the author is worth remembering, because otherwise, it would get lost without taking care of a tiny detail memory sticks to. Notes by Piotr Szewc point to a thematic dominance of the last achievements of the author of "Zagłada". The novel works are avoided here in favour of poetic and para-textual searches.

"Broń mnie przed sobą samym…" jako modlitwa i kontemplacja Boga

Author(s): Anita Całek / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

The article proposes a new approach to read Mickiewicz’s poem "Broń mnie przed sobą samym…" [Defend Me Against Myself…] in the context of meditative prayer and demeanour of contemplating God. Recalling orthodox contexts such as negative theology (apophatic), Christology, the "Old" and the "New Testament", "The Imitation of Christ" by Thomas à Kempis and the "Spiritual Exercises" by Ignatius Loyola, the author shows correlations between Mickiewicz’s poem and Catholic mysticism, offering a counterbalance to the existing interpretations (J. Kleiner, S. Makowski, I. Jokiel, J. Lyszczyna and others) focused on theosophical and heterodoxal themes predominantly.

"Czytadło" Tadeusza Konwickiego – interpretacja po latach

Author(s): Anna Szóstak / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

The article is an attempt to reconsider and reread the novel by Tadeusz Konwicki from today’s point of view and by means of research tools that has not been applied so far to this type of text. A confrontation of its character with a changed reality of the surrounding world becomes an occasion to reflect on coming to terms with tradition and ideas as well as myths of the Romantic provenience or, in a word, the whole symbolic heritage of the past while for the writer himself, also with existing hierarchies and literary conventions. In such a perspective the novel by Konwicki turns out to be an addition and supplement of "Mała apokalipsa" whereas its convention an ironic and prophetic harbinger of a direction the Polish literature goes in totally different conditions and circumstances than before.

"Den westen verlassen, heißt die welt betreten“. Ronald M. Schernikaus Poetik zwischen Ost- und Westdeutschland

Author(s): Christopher Kurt Spiegl / Language(s): Polish,German Publication Year: 0

The volume contains texts discussing the extent to which literature has been and is politically and socially involved, what its part in social debates is and can it be considered influential in the socio-political sphere of German society during the period considered. The authors also try to answer the question if and to what degree the aesthetic of literary texts serves political themes.

"Du im Himmel! hilf mir armen / Schwarzen Mann!“ Sklavereikritik in der Lyrik des ausgehenden 18. Jahrhunderts (Claudius, Pfeff el, Herder)

Author(s): Stefan Hermes / Language(s): Polish,German Publication Year: 0

German literature, European literature, political involvement, Germany, politicsThe volume contains texts discussing the extent to which literature has been and is politically and socially involved, what its part in social debates is and can it be considered influential in the socio-political sphere of German society during the period considered. The authors also try to answer the question if and to what degree the aesthetic of literary texts serves political themes.

"He is Mr. Naum, a distinguished poet, I am certain you have heard of him…"

Author(s): Alina Buzatu / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2021

My present study problematizes the postural variables in the writings of Gellu Naum, in an attempt to demonstrate that all his poetic texts are based on recursive enunciation schemata, rules of coding

"Il libro degli animali" di Mario Rigoni Stern: un messaggio ecologıco rivolto ai ragazzi

Author(s): Chrisiano Bedin / Language(s): Italian Issue: 1/2022

Asiago-born writer Mario Rigoni Stern, whose centenary of birth was celebrated in 2021, always took a great interest in young people, as amply demonstrated by his numerous talks at schools, where he often addressed ecological problems afflicting the Earth. His Il libro degli animali (1992), a collection of children’s stories illustrated by Xavier de Maistre, characteristically engages with environmental themes by expressing respect for the animal world and admiration for its beauty. Similar to ecological literature for children, Rigoni Stern’s book aims to highlight environmental problems and suggest possible solutions to them. Given this, it is dedicated to inspiring young readers to adopt an alternative way of life, one based on respect for nature and responsible/sustainable practices. This effort is combined with promoting symbiosis with land, as communion with nature is the only viable solution to many of the contemporary ecological problems. Employing ecocritical theories, mostly those related to environmentalism, this paper explores the way in which Rigoni Stern presents his standpoint on and ideas of the natural world to the young reading public. His approach makes Il libro degli animali part of the most complex ecological discourse that he developed in his long literary career.

"Komm! ins Off ene, Freund!“ Utopische Implikationen in Friedrich Hölderlins unvollendeter Elegie Der Gang aufs Land

Author(s): Björn Hayer / Language(s): Polish,German Publication Year: 0

The volume contains texts discussing the extent to which literature has been and is politically and socially involved, what its part in social debates is and can it be considered influential in the socio-political sphere of German society during the period considered. The authors also try to answer the question if and to what degree the aesthetic of literary texts serves political themes.

"LE DÉCAMÉRON". CENT NOUVELLES – UN CHIFFRE RITUEL

Author(s): Ioana Nicoleta Silvia / Language(s): French Issue: 2/2020

The Decameron represents the maximum of realism in literary art through which Bocaccio laid the foundations of a literary prose and a language used in the following centuries by successive writers. The subjects can be considered of French inspiration, but the action is located in Florence, the cradle of the Italian language but also literature. It is well received in France and its translation inspired Marguerite de Navarre in the later creation of the masterpiece Heptaméron. It is impressive the perfection of Decameron's architecture - 10 young people, 10days, 10 short stories, 10 themes, but also the force with which the author creates situations that react to the darkness of the Middle Ages, freeing the consciousness from the prejudices, counteracting hypocrisy, the false authors of miracles and laying the foundations of a new epoch: The Renaissance.

"Little Allies": Hermynia Zur Mühlens Märchen als phantasievolle Lernspiele

Author(s): Christiane Baumann / Language(s): English,German Publication Year: 0

Zur Mühlen is known as the most important German-speaking author of proletarian fairy tales. This essay examines the concept of propaganda and the meaning of play in her writing style, which not only set the theme for her fairy tales throughout the 1920s, but also for her last fairy-tale collection, Littles Allies, which was neglected by researchers. This article debunks the widespread theory that Zur Mühlen gave up her leftist beliefs and returned to her Catholic roots while in exile.

"Lumberjanes" e "Hilda", serie a fumetti scout tra ecocritica ed ecofemminismo

Author(s): Dalila Forni / Language(s): Italian Issue: 1/2022

Among the forms of children’s literature that deal with the complex relationship between humanity and nature, comics can offer various insights on the topic for boys and girls. In particular, children’s stories have recently revitalized the scout movement, interpreting it through new values related to identity, gender and ecology. This paper will consider two comic book series on scouting, Hilda (Luke Pearson, 2011–2019) and Lumberjanes (Noelle Stevenson, 2014–2020). Both works tell the story of a diverse group of characters involved in scouting activities: the stories, developed in natural settings, portray the growth of young and peculiar characters who, through constant contact with the environment, show a strong respect for both nature and the peer group, in a peaceful and adventurous coexistence with the environment and the different forms of life that inhabit it. The essay aims to develop a first state of the art that highlights new interpretative strands in this literary genre through an ecocritical and ecofeminist lens. The study explores the two works in a comparative perspective, so as to show how comic book narratives can present interesting ecological and egalitarian dynamics, in this case through the experience of scouting.

"Ma na sobie frack” – polityka w świetle ubioru (o Gepardzie Lampedusy)

Author(s): Ireneusz Gielata / Language(s): Polish,German Publication Year: 0

The volume contains texts discussing the extent to which literature has been and is politically and socially involved, what its part in social debates is and can it be considered influential in the socio-political sphere of German society during the period considered. The authors also try to answer the question if and to what degree the aesthetic of literary texts serves political themes.

"New human possibilities" in Patočka's philosophy of literature

Author(s): Erin Plunkett / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2020

This article considers Patočka's phenomenological account of literature in "The Writer's Concern" to defend the idea that literary writing offers a distinctive philosophical contribution. In this text, Patočka gives the writer a special claim on the activity of world disclosure and suggests that literature may offer a glimpse out of the techno-scientific framework that dominates contemporary life. I examine both science and literature as modes of relating to the world, raising questions about the distinctiveness of each and their use of the written word. Finally, I locate the philosophical advantage of literary writing in Patočka's dual claims about literature: that it offers "an individual capturing of life's meaning" and that it presents "the world" as an "undivided" whole.

"Nun, Gott sei Dank, ist ein polnischer Graf da aus wildester Ferne!“ Nationale Stereotype in der realistischen Literatur aus kulturwissenschaftlicher Perspektive

Author(s): Karina Becker / Language(s): Polish,German Publication Year: 0

The volume contains texts discussing the extent to which literature has been and is politically and socially involved, what its part in social debates is and can it be considered influential in the socio-political sphere of German society during the period considered. The authors also try to answer the question if and to what degree the aesthetic of literary texts serves political themes.

"Only in Dying Life": Ursula K. Le Guin's Dry Land and Its Cultural Contestations

Author(s): Gabriela Debita / Language(s): English Issue: 10/2020

In his seminal essay theorizing the concept of heterotopia, “Of Other Spaces”, Michel Foucault insists that his focus is on external spaces. However, given the ability of certain spaces, especially those associated with trauma and torment, to simultaneously be inhabited and inhabit the psyches of their denizens, it stands to reason that some heterotopic spaces are internal as well. One such example is Ursula K. Le Guin’s Dry Land, an inner hellscape which appears throughout her Earthsea series. The Dry Land serves to mirror, invert, and contest not only the world of Earthsea, but also the pervasiveness of Western literary and cultural influences on the genre of fantasy itself. Inspired by classical and Renaissance sources (Homer and Dante) and modernist ones (Rainer Maria Rilke and T. S. Eliot), the Dry Land, a jarring spatial and literary aberration in the context of Earthsea’s Taoist framework, serves to confront both the resistance to the finality of death and the supremacy of the Western literary canon. In doing so, it demonstrates Le Guin’s desire to distance herself from Western canonical influences, while nevertheless highlighting the fact that, given the cyclicity of literary rebellion, she is, in fact, walking in Dante’s and T. S. Eliot’s shoes.

"Poemat o zagładzie Lizbony" (1755) i "Kandyd" (1759) czyli Wolter wobec Leibniza

Author(s): Mateusz Niedziela / Language(s): Polish Issue: XXIII/2021

This article deals with the ways Voltaire makes references in his texts to the philosophical thought of Leibniz. To achieve maximum coherence, this paper only discusses those writings by Voltaire that most directly refer to the Leibnizian issues.These are primarily Poem on the Lisbon Disaster and the philosophical tale Candide, or Optimism. The article critically examines various aspects of Leibniz’s philosophy, such as the theory of pre-established harmony and the concept of monads, and above all the notion of the best possible universe. Moreover, selected aspects of Voltaire’s and Leibniz’s thoughts are compared. For the purpose of consistent analysis, the article primarily focuses on those features in the German philosopher’s system that were particularly questioned by the author of Candide.

"Postylla katolicka mniejsza" z 1590 roku – "Nowy Testament" z 1593 roku – "Biblia" z 1599 roku

Tendencje akulturacyjne jako element strategii translatorskich „Biblii Wujka”

Author(s): Tadeusz Rubik / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

The paper analyzes the ways of translating New Testament’s cultural realities by Jakub Wujek (and his collaborators) during various stages of preparing the version of the Bible (editions of the "Catholic Postil", 1579–1590, the "New Testament" of 1593 and the "Bible" of 1599). In the first part („Examples”) the author discusses samples of the translation containing cultural realities (such as "sabbatum, Pascha, drachma, paedagogus"), comparing them with other Polish versions of the era. The second part („Tendencies of Acculturation”) interprets different ideas of acculturation as an important part of Polish Jesuits’ different, conflicting strategies for translating the Bible. The interpretation is based on the analysis of historical sources, and places these theoretical programmes in the context of Reformation and Counter-Reformation in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

"Quelli che stanno in cima alle scale". Nozioni minime e qualche riflessione su: 1956 e dintorni nella cultura e letteratura polacca

Author(s): Luigi Marinelli / Language(s): Italian Issue: 2/2008

Credo si possa esser d'accordo sul fatto che i totalitarismi restano tali finché riescono a mantenere il loro appiglio, o meglio forse dire "artiglio", appunto, totale sulle società che controllano.

"Reduta Ordona". Rzeczywistość – historiozofia – mit

Author(s): Andrzej Fabianowski / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

"Reduta Ordona" [Ordon’s Redoubt] is one of the most widely recognised poems by Mickiewicz. The poem has frequently been referred to in literature and therefore it has become a sort of a myth which shows in a very apologetic and absurd manner the most crucial features of Polish ethos – patriotism, struggle for independence and the willingness to die for all these values. Being a miniature of a battle epic poem, Ordon’s Redoubt has been examined in terms of how closely Mickiewicz copied the reality of those military events. In many cases the reality presented in the poem turned out to be rather different from the historical truth – Ordon did not die from the explosion. Apart from historical inconsistencies, a dispute concerning the literal shape of the poem can also be triggered. Writing the poem, Mickiewicz used his own poetic experience but also S. Garczyński’s experience of romantic military attempts. Yet, he had gone far beyond the role models who inspired him, creating a powerful and universal catastrophic vision. Multiple perceptions of the myth, which Ordon’s Redoubt undoubtedly is, are the reasons for a number of different ideas to commemorate the place of the battle which itself becomes a metaphor of the fate of the entire world regardless of having no strictly defined boundaries as an area of the battle.

"Sanatorium" Rafała Wojaczka. Próba lektury po czterdziestu latach

Author(s): Magdalena Boczkowska / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

The article is devoted to "Sanatorium" by Rafał Wojaczek or a prose book of a poet, published for the first time as a whole (although with a removed motto) in 2010. The author, analyzing such, phenomena as (among others): the problem of suicide and split personality, an identity split of the main character, loss of subjectivity that are very typical of the poets defined traditionally as “damned”, shows above all a difficult reception of this prose. Hence, "Sanatorium" can be read today in different ways but it should be underlined that it is first of all a novel about fear, illness, stagnation and battle fought with the world and him/herself.