The Slavic Barbarian in Adam Mickiewicz’s Paris Lectures

• Authors: Michał Kuziak
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article discusses the concept of barbarian and barbarism in Mickiewicz’s Paris Lectures. The orientalisation of the Slavs by Herder and Hegel provides the context for this study. The author of the article presents how Mickiewicz originates his language from the works of Herder—who describes the Slavs as an idyllic nation, connected with the countryside—and later outlines the vision of the Slavs as a nation of power that wants to change the history of the 19th century.

Keywords

EN

comparative literature, romantic literature, the Slavs/the Slavic/Slavic mission, barbarism, postcolonialism, Paris lectures, Adam Mickiewicz, Herder, Hegel

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
• Journal: Rocznik Komparatystyczny
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 4
• Pages: p. 11-25

Contributors

author

Michał Kuziak

• Uniwersytret Warszawski, Zakład Komparatystyki ILP, Pracownia Literatury Okolicznościowej i Użytkowej, Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28 00-927 Warszawa