Czytanie Maciejewskiego. Próba kerygmatycznej interpretacji Lalki Bolesława Prusa. (Re)konstrukcja
The Reading of Maciejewski an Attempt at a Kerygmatic Interpretation of The Doll by Bolesław Prus. A (Re)Construction

Summary/Abstract: The article is an attempt to answer the question: What would arouse Prof. Marian Maciejewski's interest in the novel by Bolesław Prus "The Doll". An attempt at a hypothetical construction of such a reading test leads to the answer that such issues would be: the problem of faith − its rise, development and fruit it gives, as well as the process of the dying of an old man in Stanisław Wokulski − the novel's protagonist. The author uses four episodes during which the character hears the Voice, which is a clear sign of its contact with the transcendence and is treated as God's intervention in the history of man. Applying the methodology of kerygmatic hermeneutics to the text of “The Doll” makes it considerably easier to interpret those parts of the novel that up till now have presented some difficulties. It reveals the splendor of the truth in the text and to a large degree complements the universe of the realistic novel.

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