Georg Büchner i Stanisława Przybyszewska o roli i zadaniach twórcy
Georg Büchner and Stanisława Przybyszewska on the role and tasks of a creator

Author(s): Marta Krystyna Tylkowska
Subject(s): Sociology of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: literature; art; creator; polemic
Summary/Abstract: A literary piece which impressed Stanisława Przybyszewska the most; was Danton’s Death by Georg Büchner. She claimed that having read it significantly influenced her decision to give up painting career and take up literature instead. Przybyszewska’s particular literary interests happened to coincide with Büchner’s. Thermidor written by her in German; is both a continuation and a polemical piece in relation to Danton’s Death; whereas in The Danton Case she dramatized exactly the same theme as Büchner had. In the light of such close creative kinship; it strikes that the two writers held so divergent views on literature and; as a consequence; on the role; tasks; and obligations of its creators. They expressed their views; most of all; in letters; but also in their literary pieces (e.g. Büchner in Lenz; Przybyszewska in Twórczość Gerarda Gasztowta [The Creation of Gerard Gasztowt]). According to Büchner; the writer (dramatist poet; artist) should depict the world “as it is;” yet in Przybyszewska’s opinion a person of letters (who is more than just an artist) treats the world as an “imperfect base product” which is capable of being transformed into a nobler end product in someone’s oeuvre. The both stances seem contradictory and irreconcilable; yet they had some intersection points.The present article juxtaposes the views by Przybyszewska and Büchner on literature; searches for an origin of those views; and attempts to present them as a polemic providing a comprehensive image of a creator.

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