Sacrum i błoto. Uświęcenie materii w wierszu [ Snycerz był zatrudniony Dyjanny lepieniem…] Juliusza Słowackiego

• Authors: Anna Rzepniewska-Kosińska

Title variants

EN

The sacred and mud: Sacralization of matter in Juliusz Słowacki's poem ‘The carver was busy shaping Diana's statue’

Abstracts

EN

In this interpretation of Juliusz Słowacki's ‘Snycerz był zatrudniony Dyjanny lepieniem…’ [The carver was busy shaping Diana's statue] the discussion focuses on his attitude to matter, especially as the material of art. The article argues that Słowacki elevates and even sacralises mud, the most lowly of raw materials, and thus exposes the falseness of the popular view that he despises matter, the base opposite of the spirit. However, it would be more accurate to say that in his vision, which is part of his Genesis from the Spirit philosophy, the path to salvation leads through the reconciliation of spirit and matter rather than a triumph of one over the other.

Keywords

EN

Polish literature of the 19th century; Romanticism; philosophy of art; spirit and matter; Genesis from the Spirit; Juliusz Słowacki (1809–1849)

PL

Juliusz Słowacki (1809–1849); Snycerz był zatrudniony Dyjanny lepieniem…; sakralizacja; materia; materia sztuki; myśl genezyjska

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Ruch Literacki
• Year: 2021
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 787-801

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Anna Rzepniewska-Kosińska

• Instytut Literatury Polskiej Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

Identifiers

DOI

10.24425/rl.2021.138755

Biblioteka Nauki

2170188