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The Relationship Between Pagan Fate and Christian Grace in the Thought of Józef Tischner

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Wołowski L.

The Person and the Challenges. The Journal of Theology, Education, Canon Law and Social Studies Inspired by Pope John Paul II

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2023

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vol. 13

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issue 1

225-241

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This article examines one of the greatest contributions of Józef Tischner to the area of anthropology and charitology by analyzing, in a systematical way, his original thought regarding the relationship between the pagan concept of fate (fatum) and the Christian concept of grace (charis). The originality of this contribution concerns three main areas. The first one concerns the historical-charitological aspect in which Tischner proposes a new approach which helps him to emphasize the personalistic aspect of grace. Instead of considering the problem form a typical intra-Christian perspective, he approaches the concept of grace by confronting it with the historical, pagan concept of impersonal fate. Secondly, he brings to the light an ancient Greek idea of the aesthetic overcoming of the tragic defeat caused by fate, and by showing its insufficiency, he discovers and demonstrates the depth, beauty and hidden ultimate power of the aesthetic dimension of Christian grace. Finally, he argues that the problem of the relationship between fate and grace is not an issue of the ancient past, but constitutes the core of one of the greatest contemporary challenges faced by modern Christian society: the ever growing wave of neopaganism.

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Wobec fatalizmu Losu (Stanisław Wyspiański „Klątwa” – John Millington Synge „Jeźdźcy do morza”). Szkic

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Olszewska M. J., Uniwersytet Warszawski I. L. P., mj.olszewska@uw.edu.pl

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica

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2016

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vol. 33

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issue 3

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The article presents an analysis of two literary works – Klątwa [Curse] by Stanisław Wyspiański (1869–1907) and the Riders to the Sea by John Millington Synge (1871–1909), examined in the context of elements characteristic of ancient tragedy the present in their structure. As a result, although both plays are set in the countryside, they go beyond the naturalistic convention and are more reminiscent of tragic miniatures. They employ the poetics of maximum condensation. Both Klątwa and Riders to the Sea are a modern reading of ancient tragedy, consistently recognised by the authors to be the highest form of playwriting. Wyspiański’s and Synge’s characters are struggling with the real world, with the difficulties of everyday life, but also with the world transcendent to their consciousness, which turns out to be incomprehensible and terrifying at the same time, where forces of Fate rule, to which man is vulnerable. Synge’s heroine surrenders to fate, while the character in Klątwa stands up for herself and fight. Each of them defends her human dignity in her own way.

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Wobec fatalizmu Losu (Stanisław Wyspiański „Klątwa” – John Millington Synge „Jeźdźcy do morza”). Szkic

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Olszewska M. J.

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica

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2016

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vol. 33

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issue 3

255-278

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The article presents an analysis of two literary works – Klątwa [Curse] by Stanisław Wyspiański (1869–1907) and the Riders to the Sea by John Millington Synge (1871–1909), examined in the context of elements characteristic of ancient tragedy the present in their structure. As a result, although both plays are set in the countryside, they go beyond the naturalistic convention and are more reminiscent of tragic miniatures. They employ the poetics of maximum condensation. Both Klątwa and Riders to the Sea are a modern reading of ancient tragedy, consistently recognised by the authors to be the highest form of playwriting. Wyspiański’s and Synge’s characters are struggling with the real world, with the difficulties of everyday life, but also with the world transcendent to their consciousness, which turns out to be incomprehensible and terrifying at the same time, where forces of Fate rule, to which man is vulnerable. Synge’s heroine surrenders to fate, while the character in Klątwa stands up for herself and fight. Each of them defends her human dignity in her own way.

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2 Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica

1 The Person and the Challenges. The Journal of Theology, Education, Canon Law and Social Studies Inspired by Pope John Paul II

2 Olszewska M. J.

1 Uniwersytet Warszawski I. L. P.

1 Wołowski L.

1 mj.olszewska@uw.edu.pl

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2 2016

The Relationship Between Pagan Fate and Christian Grace in the Thought of Józef Tischner

Wobec fatalizmu Losu (Stanisław Wyspiański „Klątwa” – John Millington Synge „Jeźdźcy do morza”). Szkic

Wobec fatalizmu Losu (Stanisław Wyspiański „Klątwa” – John Millington Synge „Jeźdźcy do morza”). Szkic