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

• Authors: Jarosław Ławski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

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.

Keywords

EN

aphorism; mysticism; Positivism; realism; re-interpretation

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Rzeszowski. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego
• Journal: Tematy i Konteksty
• Year: 2020
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 180-196

Dates

published

2021-02-21

Contributors

author

Jarosław Ławski

Identifiers

DOI

10.15584/tik.spec.eng.2020.10