Sataniczność kreacji bohatera w Arabie Juliusza Słowackiego
The Satanic Creation of the Protagonist in Juliusz Słowacki’s Arab
Author(s): Małgorzata NowakSubject(s): Comparative Study of Literature, Polish Literature, Theory of Literature, British Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: oriental tale; Byronism; romantic hero; Paradise Lost; Juliusz Słowacki; satanic;
Summary/Abstract: This article attempts to read Juliusz Słowacki’s Arab from the comparative perspective of John Milton’s Paradise Lost. The protagonist of Słowacki’s oriental tale, who is a variation on the Byronic hero, also shows similarities with Milton’s Satan: unceasing motion, obsession of revenge, loneliness, axiological preference of evil. The analysis of those similarities creates a new interpretative context for Arab, which was hitherto regarded as a superficial study of the pathological psyche or a caricature of the Byronic model.
Journal: Przestrzenie Teorii
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 35
- Page Range: 217-234
- Page Count: 18
- Language: Polish