Poet’s historical costume. "Masked ball" by Tomasz Sikorski Cover Image

Historyczny kostium poety. "Bal maskowy" Tomasza Sikorskiego
Poet’s historical costume. "Masked ball" by Tomasz Sikorski

Author(s): Małgorzata Rydelek
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: political biography; pretext biography; Wojciech Bąk; historical narration; theatrum mundi

Summary/Abstract: “Poet’s historical costume. Masked ball by Tomasz Sikorski” is a sketch related to Wojciech Bąk’s biography. Narration is the main subject of this study, in correspondence to Sikorski’s formula of a pretext biography. The author analyzes means of character creation from historical, political and literary perspective. A relation between an individual and a collectiveness in a political biography, is being discussed as well. This article is related to Sikorski’s narrative conception, main character identity issues, addresses of the Masked Ball, singular and collective character creation – in this very order. The summary involves a short analyzes of photographs included in the book.

  • Issue Year: 8/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 189-203
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish
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