Obecność romantyzmu: co i jak czyta Danny Smiřický?

• Authors: Urszula Kowalska

Title variants

EN

The presence of Romanticism: what and how does Danny Smi-řický read?

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

The main purpose of the article is to identify and recognize ways of reinterpretating romantic heritage throughout a wide historical and literary context. The thesis concentrates on a novel written by Josef Škvorecký, entitled Příběh inženýra lidských duší , which deals with the themes of the history of emigration, totalitarianism and literature, which can be helpful in elucidating unexplained experiences. It is necessary to consider dependent relationships and connections between history and older literature. The main character of Škvoreský’s story, Danny Smiřický, is a Czech emigrant working as a lecturer at a Canadian university. The experience of reading proves to him just how universal and significant literature can be. The literary works of Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne become the way of “translating” Czech experience with communism for Canadian students. An hour of literature range into an hour of history.

EN

The main purpose of the article is to identify and recognize ways of reinterpretating romantic heritage throughout a wide historical and literary context. The thesis concentrates on a novel written by Josef Škvorecký, entitled Příběh inženýra lidských duší , which deals with the themes of the history of emigration, totalitarianism and literature, which can be helpful in elucidating unexplained experiences. It is necessary to consider dependent relationships and connections between history and older literature. The main character of Škvoreský’s story, Danny Smiřický, is a Czech emigrant working as a lecturer at a Canadian university. The experience of reading proves to him just how universal and significant literature can be. The literary works of Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne become the way of “translating” Czech experience with communism for Canadian students. An hour of literature range into an hour of history.

Keywords

PL

Romanticism; history; literature; reinterpretation; reading; Emigration; Danny Smiřický

EN

Romanticism; history; literature; reinterpretation; reading; Emigration; Danny Smiřický; Romanticism; history; literature; reinterpretation; reading; Emigration; Danny Smiřický

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne
• Year: 2011
• Issue: 1

Dates

published

2011-01-01

Contributors

author

Urszula Kowalska

References

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/pss.2011.1.9