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2017 | 45 | 7 | 5-16

Article title

Freedom and secretiveness, in late modernism

Content

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Languages of publication

EN

Abstracts

EN
The text considers two metaphors describing creative freedom in modern society: secretiveness and shadow. In the shadow, creative individuals protect themselves against the ubiquitous need to explain and screen life. The text proves that contemporary literature (Sebald, Quinard) and essay (Vuarnet, Maffesoli) search inspiration in secretiveness and shadow while at the same time they see a threat to art in the mechanism of explanation.

Year

Volume

45

Issue

7

Pages

5-16

Physical description

Dates

published
2018-05-14

Contributors

  • Department of 20th and 21st century Polish Literature, Faculty of Philology, University of Lodz, 91-404 Lodz, 171/173 Pomorska street

References

  • Junichiro Tanizaki, Pochwała cienia, in: Estetyka japońska. Antologia, 3: Estetyka życia i piękno umierania, Krystyna Wilkoszewska (ed.), Universitas, Krakow 2005.
  • Maffesoli Michel, Rytm życia. Wariacje na temat świata wyobraźni ponowoczesnej, trans. Agnieszka Karpowicz, Zakład Wydawniczy „Nomos”, Krakow 2012.
  • Merton Thomas, Zapiski współwinnego widza, Dom Wydawniczy Rebis, Poznan 1994.
  • Quignard Pascal, Życie sekretne, Vesper, Poznan 2006.
  • Sebald W.G., Campo Santo, Wydawnictwo WAB, Warsaw 2014.
  • Vuarnet Jean-Noël, Filozof-artysta, słowo/obraz terytoria, Gdansk 2000.

Document Type

Publication order reference

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