Sacrum w „Godach zycia” Adolfa Dygasinskiego. O niepozytywistycznym przyrodoznawstwie i irracjonalizmach

• Authors: Agata Skala

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THE SACRED IN ADOLF DYGASINSKI’S “FEASTS OF LIFE” (“GODY ZYCIA”). ON NON-POSITIVISTIC NATURAL HISTORY AND IRRATIONALISMS

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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Adolf Dygasinski’s literary creativity associated with naturalism transgresses the limits of Positivism. A conventional motif of vain biological circle, the concept of love and suffering close to that of Christians, interest in metaphysics, means of expressions typical of Young Poland’s symbolism and emotional earnestness – all of them make up a token that Dygasinski’s writings break up with the established models. Dygasinski’s most intriguing piece, i.e. Feasts of Life, manifests the sacred. The rhythm of vegetation that symbolize the mysteries of cosmic reviving make up the novel’s metaphysical design, the sacral dimension is organized by the structure of Slavonic year’s rituals, whilst moral explanation of Feasts of Life is settled by hidden quotations from the Bible. A distance from Positivism is also marked in Dygasinski’s other pieces, e.g. Oak trees (Dęby), Wonderful tales (Cudowne bajki), Extreme (Krancowy), A Description of Mr. Albert Milicery’s Battle (Opis imprezy wojennej imc pana Alberta Milicerego).

Keywords

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ADOLF DYGASINSKI; DYGASINSKI’S “FEASTS OF LIFE"

• Publisher: Instytut Badań Literackich PAN
• Journal: Pamiętnik Literacki
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 103
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 31-45

Contributors

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Agata Skala

• Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin