Lekturowe skojarzenia. Różaniec z granatów Ksawerego Pruszyńskiego i Bransoletka z granatów Aleksandra Kuprina
TEXTUAL ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN RÓŻANIEC Z GRANATÓW (THE ROSARY OF GARNETS) BY KSAWERY PRUSZYŃSKI AND BRANSOLETKA Z GRANATÓW (THE GARNET BRACELET) BY ALEXANDER KUPRIN

Summary/Abstract: There is no irrefutable evidence that a writer, reporter, war correspondent, and diplomat KsaweryPruszyński drew his inspiration from Kuprin’s story. The fact that the title of one of the best workswritten by the Russian writer is paraphrased does not prove anything. However, the textual materialof the story written by the Polish writer clearly indicates a strong association with The GarnetBracelet that was written much earlier. Pruszyński was an erudite, a great specialist in Europeanculture, including Russian culture. Thus it cannot be denied that he retained the known themes, motifsand images in his subconsciousness and later used them in his fiction. Both stories discussed andinterpreted in the article share a number of common features that are revealed in the creation of themain character, in the role and significance of the eponymous subject indicated by the writers, andeven in the composition which in both cases is based on contrast.

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