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SCREENING MIŁOSZ'S PHILOSOPHY: THE MULTILAYERED CONSTRUCTION OF TADEUSZ KONWICKI'S ADAPTATION OF THE ISSA YALLEY

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Duda P.

Studia Humanistyczne AGH

2013

vol. 12

issue 1

Tadeusz Konwicki's adaptation of Czesław Miłosz's novel The Issa Valley is an adaptation of the latter's philosophy. Through a series of deliberately structured cinematic techniąues, Konwicki creates a film that is a platform where two outstanding individuals meet, rather than a battlefield where each tries to surpass the other. By drawing on the paradigmatic structure approach created by Herbert Eagle, I demonstrate that The Issa Valley's meaning is created not on the level of the storyline but rather through the repeated cinematic segments that build a second "narrative" linę within the film. Miłosz employs a similar strategy in his novel, which brings together both artistic styles, that of Miłosz and that of Konwicki. Furthermore, the similarities between the artists' biographies (childhood in Lithuania, life as refugees, a shared Romantic tradition) brings an additional layer to the adaptation. As a result, The Issa Yalley film is a multilayered work that manifests not only Konwicki's artistic independence but also Miłosz's artistic philosophy and even the afterlife of his art.

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SCREENING MIŁOSZ'S PHILOSOPHY: THE MULTILAYERED CONSTRUCTION OF TADEUSZ KONWICKI'S ADAPTATION OF THE ISSA YALLEY