Mistrz rozmowy. O wypowiedziach przygodnych Adama Mickiewicza
THE MASTER OF DISCOURSE. ON ADAM MICKIEWICZ’S CASUAL UTTERANCES

Author(s): Agnieszka Ziołowicz
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Adam Mickiewicz; discourse; spoken word; private sphere; public sphere; paideia
Summary/Abstract: The subject matter of this article are Adam Mickiewicz’s utterances preserved in a number of diverse writings such as diaries, journals, letters, or private notes collected by other authors all of which were published in 1933 by Stanisław Pigoń in the 16th volume of the collection of Mickiewicz’s literary works special Polish Parliament edition and in Adama Mickiewicza wspomnienia i myśli [Adam Mickiewicz’s Reminiscence and Thoughts] (1958, S. Pigoń). The above readings aim to provide an answer to a question of how Mickiewicz dealt with a spoken word in the act of everyday conversation, how he behaved in the course of a language interaction and how he interpreted it in the next phases of his life. A detailed analysis of the account of Mickiewicz’s exchanges leads to a conclusion that what makes Mickiewicz’s utterances unique is their paideic purpose as in the course of a spoken interaction the author shapes attitudes, beliefs and values and at the same time aims at a comprehensive formation of his interlocutors. Treating Mickiewicz’s conversations as a method of a teaching process based on interaction, makes it possible to correlate it with the tradition of wisdom, especially in terms of one of its manifestations in particular – conversations with a master.

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