Kraszewski as the Novelist “on the Path” – Did He Just Want to Follow This Path or Did He Actually Follow It? Cover Image

Kraszewski-powieściopisarz „na ścieżce”… – tylko chciał nią pójść czy rzeczywiście „poszedł”?
Kraszewski as the Novelist “on the Path” – Did He Just Want to Follow This Path or Did He Actually Follow It?

Author(s): Grzegorz Zając
Subject(s): History, Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Cultural history, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Studies of Literature, History of ideas, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego

Summary/Abstract: The article is dedicated to the reflexions on the manner, in which the opinions formed by Jozef Ignacy Kraszewski in his statements concerning his writing path and the desired development directions of his literary career that date back to the 30s of the 20th century correspond with the first novels of this author that were created at the preliminary stages of Romantic tendencies taking shape in the national prose fiction. The main focus of the article are Mister Walery and Big World of a Small Town whose literary profile delineated by the autothematic comments as well, was confronted with the critical reflection of the author included in such article as A Quick Look at the Path I Took (1832) or On Polish Novelists (1836).

  • Issue Year: 20/2023
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 402-414
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish
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