“My theatre golden with candlelight [...]”.
Light as an Element of Extraverbal Expression
in the Dramatic Works of Juliusz Słowacki Cover Image

„Teatr mój łojówką złoty [...]”. Światło jako element pozasłownej ekspresji w dziełach dramatycznych Juliusza Słowackiego
“My theatre golden with candlelight [...]”. Light as an Element of Extraverbal Expression in the Dramatic Works of Juliusz Słowacki

Author(s): Magdalena Zaremba
Subject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: Juliusz Słowacki; synthesis of arts; theatrical arts; 19th century drama; Romanticism

Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on the notion of light in chosen dramatic works of Juliusz Słowacki – oneof the most well-known Polish Romantics. The analysis of his literary legacy confirms that he perceivedbrightness not only as a motif, but also as a – purposefully used – theatrical sign. Drama asa literary genre also gave Słowacki a possibility to freely combine tradition and conventions fromthe fields of literature, aesthetics and philosophy, and to include descriptive passages and philosophicalreflections in his writings, which was often the case with his works from the 1840s.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 291-310
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish