Cień Karusi w „Dziadach” kowieńsko-wileńskich
The Shadow of Karusia in “Dziady” kowieńsko-wileńskie (“Forefathers’ Eve” Part II and IV)

A Note on Young Mickiewicz’s Autointertextuality

Summary/Abstract: In his sketch, the author analyses the thematic, situational, and personal relations between “Romantyczność” (“Romanticism”) and “Dziady” kowieńsko-wileńskie (“Forefathers’ Eve” Part II and IV), and his assumption is that Mickiewicz in his drama enters into an autointertextual dialogue with his own ballad composed earlier. The concerns, such as a possibility of contact between the living and the spirits of the deceased, unsettled in “Romantyczność”, in “Dziady” are unquestionable and experienced by many, especially during the Forefathers’ Eve ceremony. The central focus of the investigation is Karusia’s existential-metaphysical drama and the mode of transforming the collection of issues and problems connected with this figure in “Dziady” kowieńsko-wileńskie.

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