Krakowiacy i Górale jako nowa Odprawa posłów greckich

• Authors: Kruczyński Andrzej

Title variants

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Krakovians and Highlanders as a New Dismissal of the Greek Envoys

Abstracts

EN

The author conducts an analysis of Cud by Wojciech Bogusławski with an eye to its connexions with Odprawa posłów greckich (‘The Dismissal of the Greek Envoys’) by Jan Kochanowski. It reveals not only some similarities regarding the ideological discourses constituting the grounds of the two plays, but also parallels concerning the plot and functional similarities of some episodes, e.g. the act of stealing cattle that opens up the perspective for revenge. Wojciech Bogusławski knew Odprawa posłów greckich and appreciated its subject matter as being of paramount importance at the eve of the Kościuszko Uprising. Yet he saw no possibility of putting it on for the audience that had radically different aesthetic expectations. Later on in his article, the author draws attention to the ambiguity of Bardos, the major character of Cud whom Bogusławski created for himself. At a metaphorical level, Bardos is a popular leader, a magician who by a presumed miracle saves his nation from bloodshed and mad vengefulness. Cud, much like Odprawa, is an appeal for national unity in the face of danger. In Bogusławski’s case, the appeal is supplemented with a call for enlightened charismatic leadership, which according to the author, is closely linked with the advice that Jean-Jacques Rousseau had for the Poles in his Considerations on the Government of Poland. The inspiration of Rousseau could also explain the authorial emendation to the original title (Cud mniemany—‘The Pretended Miracle’), made in Lvov in 1796.

Keywords

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theatre history; theatre studies; Polish theatre; Enlightenment drama; Early Modern theatre

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Sztuki PAN
• Journal: Pamiętnik Teatralny
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 64
• Issue: 3-4(255-256)
• Pages: 289-296

Contributors

author

Kruczyński Andrzej

• Akademia Teatralna im. Aleksandra Zelwerowicza

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