Lalka – Ludzie bezdomni. Z zagadnień tragizmu bohaterów
The Doll and The Homeless - The tragedy of the protagonists

Summary/Abstract: Whereas a cursory reading of The Doll and The Homeless may give the impression that the authors of each of these novels use completely different formal solutions to give the final shape of their works, a more thorough analysis reveals several compositional inspirations used by Zeromski, drawing directly on the school of Prus. But the common compositional concept of both novels was established in literary convention long before the end of the 19th century- both writers take a clear inspiration from Aristotle's theory of ancient tragedy. Although Aristotle’s rules related to drama, they are also useful for the construction of epic works. In this paper, the author traces the tragic fate of Wokulski and Judym, using Aristotle’s theory of Greek tragedy.

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