Projectional Interpretation: Bolesław Prus’s Reading of „Zdania i uwagi” by Adam Mickiewicz

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Data

2020

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Wydawnictwo

Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego

Abstrakt

The article focuses on the interpretation of selected aphorisms of the Romantic poet Adam Mickiewicz (1798–1855) provided by Bolesław Prus (1847–1912), a prose writer and a representative of realism in Polish post-Romantic literature. Prus interpreted religious, sometimes almost mystical, aphorisms as commendation of hard work, activism, and as a manifesto of practical ethics. Inspired by the mystical thoughts of Angelus Silesius, Jakob Böhme and Saint-Martin, Mickiewicz’s aphorisms are perceived as exceptionally ambiguous. Prus, however, projected his own literary and philosophical mindset onto the micro-texts of the Romantic poet and, in consequence, oversimplified their meaning. What he did is here called a projectional interpretation.

Opis

Translated by Piotr Cymbalista.

Cytowanie

Tematy i Konteksty nr specjalny 1(2020), s. 180–196