Godzina myśli wymarzona w duszy Słowackiego w kontekście jego fascynacji światem Calderóna
The hour of thought (Godzina myśli) imagined in Słowacki’s soul in the context of his fascination with the world of Calderón

Author(s): Anna Głowa
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Studies of Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Summary/Abstract: The article is an attempt at an analysis of Godzina myśli (The Hour of Thought) as a text which is a point of departure in the discussion of a creative parallel between the work of Pedro Calderón and Juliusz Słowacki – a theme which was frequently engaged.The hour of thought i.e. “the most beautiful dream of the imagination” of the poet reveals the fundamental role of the imagination in the images created by this poet. It is the imagination which imposes on him specific – ideal – spaces as well as details. It presents Słowacki as a visionary and the great master of the word who saw through the eyes of his own fantasy the images of the author of El príncipe constante. Moreover, he felt those images as if he created them himself.Słowacki is the “visualiser” type who paints with words, similarly as Calderón who idealises images. The Spaniard’s point is – above all – to present reality “as he dreamt it in his soul.” It seems that it is exactly idealisation, imagination and sympathy that constitute the fundamental point of departure in the discussion about the creative analogy between the Pole and the Spaniard.

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