http://hdl.handle.net/11320/140 2026-06-01T15:12:32Z 2026-06-01T15:12:32Z http://hdl.handle.net/11320/20275 2026-05-08T09:52:45Z 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tytuł: Romantyzm industrialny. Studia i szkice Redaktor(rzy): Burzka-Janik, Małgorzata; Ławski, Jarosław Abstrakt: The presented academic monograph is the result of the third scientific project that was carried out jointly by scholars from the University of Białystok and the University of Opole. The tradition of cooperation between the researchers of the Romantic period and nineteenth-century literature from the universities in Białystok and Opole dates back to the years 2016 and 2018, when literary theoreticians from both these institutions organised joint academic sessions on Zygmunt Krasiński and literary “journeys to the centre of the Earth”. Both sessions resulted in the publications: Krasiński. Żywioły kultury, żywioły natury. Studia [Krasiński. The elements of culture, the elements of nature. Studies], edited by M. Burzka-Janik, J. Ławski, Białystok–Opole 2019; Literackie podróże do wnętrza Ziemi. Studia [Literary journeys to the centre of the Earth. Studies], edited by M. Burzka-Janik, J. Ławski, Białystok–Opole 2020. Both these sessions took place in Silesia, in the town of Tarnowskie Góry, and, more specifically, in the late-Baroque Palace in Rybna, built in late 18ᵗʰ century. The Polish Scientific Conference “Industrial Romanticism. Artistic transformations of the image of the world: 1795–1864. Man – Technology – Nature” was held at the Palace in Rybna on the first day (27.10). On the second day (28.10.2023) its participants, after a short session, went to Zabrze to visit the adit of the Guido Coal Mine, i.e. to experience first-hand the consequences of civilisational and cultural transformations that they had discussed during the session. The research project was prepared jointly by two academic and cultural institutions from Podlasie and three from Silesia: The Department of History of Literature, Comparative Literary Studies, and Literary Anthropology of the Institute of Literature Sciences of the University of Opole; the Department of Philological Studies “East – West” of the University of Białystok, the Łukasz Górnicki Library Łukasz Górnicki in Białystok, the Adam Mickiewicz Literary Association – Divisions in Opole and Katowice. The patron of the Conference was the Scientific Committee with its chairman – a renowned researcher of Romantic literature from the Silesian University in Katowice, Professor Marek Piechota. The event was prepared by the Organisational Committee under the supervision of the initiators of the project: Professor Jarosław Ławski (University of Białystok), and Małgorzata Burzka-Janik, PhD. (University of Opole). The conference was perfectly prepared thanks to the support of the host of Palace in Rybna – Director Sebastian Markisch and of the Mayor of the city Tarnowskie Góry Arkadiusz Czech. The scholar discussed the following topics and issues: The industry and technology as the topics of literature of the years 1795–1864; Geology, mining, Silesia, as the artistic topic in those years; Industrial spaces – pastoral and wild spaces: Contrasts and reflections; Humans in the era of industrial transformation: artistic portraits; Industrial landscapes of the West, America, and Eastern Europe: a portrait ffrom the era; The industrialised world and its imagination versus the question about God; The birth of megalopolis, metropolis, agglomeration – literary imagery. Literary images of nature tamed by civilisation; Philosophical approaches to the transformations of the period and their influence on art and literature. From Staszic, through Pol, to Gloger: Geology, geognosis, geography – interferences; The concept of Anthropocene in the light of 19ᵗʰ-century literature et vice versa; Environmental sensitivity: its birth in the Romantic era: the industrial context; Romantic escapes and returns to nature. The monograph is preceded by the introductions written by Prof. Jarosław Ławski (Romantyzm industrialny: XIX stulecie i postęp cywilizacyjny. Pytania, odpowiedzi, projekt) [Industrial Romanticism: The Nineteenth Century and Civilisational Progress. Questions, Answers, the Project] and Prof. Marek Piechota (Romantolodzy w Pałacu w Rybnej po raz trzeci: 2016–2018–2023. Głos na otwarcie konferencji) [The Third Meeting of Romantic Literature Theoreticians in the Palace in Rybna: 2016–2018–2023. The Opening Speech]. The studies were divided into four sections entitled: I. Principles and Directions; II. Cultural Interactions and Comparisons; III. Interpretations; IV. Late Echoes. Reception. The final chapter also contains photos documenting the project and conference as a specific cultural and existential experience (getting to know Silesia, going down the adit of a Silesian mine).

2024-01-01T00:00:00Z Wydrycka, Anna http://hdl.handle.net/11320/20265 2026-05-08T07:40:33Z 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tytuł: Witkacy i Eugeniusz Elzenberg Autorzy: Wydrycka, Anna Abstrakt: The article presents the figure of Eugeniusz Elzenberg (1881–1920), brother of the outstanding Polish philosopher Henryk Elzenberg (1887–1967). Eugeniusz was often confused with his cousin Henryk. This was due to the famous Polish writer and painter Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885–1939), who drew and painted a portrait of Eugeniusz several times. Researchers of Henryk Elzenberg’s work mistakenly believed that these portraits depicted a philosopher. In fact, they were portraits of Eugeniusz Elzenberg, an engineer, soldier, politician of the Polish Socialist Party, who died during the Polish-Bolshevik war in 1920.

2024-01-01T00:00:00Z Ławski, Jarosław http://hdl.handle.net/11320/20251 2026-05-07T07:50:47Z 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tytuł: Zenon Fisz w poszukiwaniu formy świata: Opowiadania i krajobrazy. Szkice z wędrówek po Ukrainie Autorzy: Ławski, Jarosław Abstrakt: The essay brings back the forgotten work of the outstanding Polish romantic writer, Zenon Leonard Fisz (1820–1870), entitled: Opowiadania i krajobrazy. Szkice z wędrówek po Ukrainie. [Stories and Landscapes. Sketches from the wanderings in Ukraine] (vol. 1–2, Vilnius 1856). The work is an attempt to find a new genre form that would accommodate the paradoxical tendencies of the world in an age of great civilisational and cultural transformation. It combines the elements of travel writing, storytelling, sketching and journalism with elements of historical narrative (two long short stories are included in the travel narrative). Ultimately, as the author claims, Fisz found a form to express the chaos of the transformations of modernity, yet he failed to find the answer to the question about the consequences that these changes would bring for his beloved Ukraine, where he lived. The work and its form got out of control, as the subsequent parts, which were announced at the end of volume 2, were never written.

2024-01-01T00:00:00Z Zabielski, Łukasz http://hdl.handle.net/11320/20248 2026-05-07T07:27:58Z 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tytuł: Stanisław Staszic poetą. Perspektywa Kajetana Koźmiana Autorzy: Zabielski, Łukasz Abstrakt: The article focuses on the less-explored yet significant role of Stanisław Staszic as a poet, analyzing it through the lens of Kajetan Koźmian’s opinions, a distinguished literary critic of the early 19th century. It’s challenging to accept that Staszic’s literary achievements, often overlooked in encyclopedic works, contributed in any way to the development of Polish literature, and it’s difficult to consider Staszic as an outstanding poet. However, the official position of contemporary literary criticism was not unequivocal, with some voices advocating for recognizing certain aesthetic and literary value, especially in his main poetic work, Ród ludzki. Yet, Kajetan Koźmian’s opinion seems to completely contradict this. Zabielski, analyzing statements from this representative of the so-called „post-partition classicism” [klasycyzm porozbiorowy] movement, which superficially contain an apology for Staszic’s poetry, reveals their full critical, negative stance.

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