„Sita” Jana Kasprowicza – (nie)jednoznaczne zwycięstwo miłości
Jan Kasprowicz’s “Sita” – The (Un)questionable Triumph of Love

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to present the importance of Indian inspirations in Sita. Indyjski hymn miłości (Sita. The Indian Hymn of Love) written by one of the most influential artists of Young Poland: Jan Kasprowicz. Sita was written on the basis of excerpts from Ramayana that were known in Poland at the end of nineteenth century, and thus it includes only some episodes described in the Indian epic. These episodes were reworked according to the aesthetic tendencies of Polish modernism. Such creative re-working of Ramayana has resulted in an original work, combining seemingly incompatible elements from two very different cultures. Sita has so far been read in one way only: as a drama about the redemptive power of love. This article argues that Kasprowicz’s drama has a much more pessimistic ending than it might appear at first.

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