http://hdl.handle.net/11320/17399 2026-06-01T20:17:51Z 2026-06-01T20:17:51Z Pekaniec, Anna Skucha, Mateusz http://hdl.handle.net/11320/17429 2024-10-28T11:58:40Z 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tytuł: Młodopolskie wywoływanie duchów w XXI wieku Autorzy: Pekaniec, Anna; Skucha, Mateusz Abstrakt: The text compares the motif of séance appearing in novels written after 1989, referring in their plot to the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, with séances constituting a more or less distinct component of Young Poland novels, written between 1890 and 1918. A comparison of E. E. by Olga Tokarczuk, Seans w Dom Egipskim by Maryla Szymiczkowa, and Demonomachia by Marek Krajewski (belonging to different genre registers) with Emancypantki by Bolesław Prus, Fin-de-siècle’istka by Gabriela Zapolska, and Wężami i różami by Zofia Nałkowska, shows the functionality of the motif, at the same time bringing out (if it exists) its identity-forming character. Invoking ghosts is also referred to as the interest in spiritism, so popular at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and to the contemporary interest in the 19th century understood as a specific retelling formula.

2023-01-01T00:00:00Z Siedlecki, Michał http://hdl.handle.net/11320/17428 2024-10-28T11:58:20Z 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tytuł: Wątki ezoteryczno-wolnomularskie w twórczości Andrzeja Struga Autorzy: Siedlecki, Michał Abstrakt: The article presents esoteric-Freemasonic motifs in the works of Andrzej Strug. It is argued that the writer’s Isle of Oblivion and Zakopanoptikon are two of the clearest literary examples, two intriguing novels by the artist, in which he included many esoteric-Freemasonic elements, derived directly from his life, coupled now with his activities in the interwar Polish Freemasonry. In both texts, the mysterious and the indefinable are expressed most fully in the character portraits of his characters, full of ambiguity, and in the enigmatic descriptions of the changing nature. The two works and the elements of imagery present in them, moreover, remain convergent with each other in many ways. These are, then, significant works in the history of Polish literature, texts that should shape future generations of Poles.

2023-01-01T00:00:00Z Rzeczycka, Monika Świerzowska, Agata http://hdl.handle.net/11320/17425 2024-10-25T10:28:27Z 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tytuł: Młodopolscy Wielcy wtajemniczeni. Ezoteryczne konteksty literackie w publikacji Na skrzydłach szału z 1921 roku Autorzy: Rzeczycka, Monika; Świerzowska, Agata Abstrakt: The group research into Polish esoteric traditions, conducted since 2016, has revealed many unknown and forgotten works from 1890–1939, which belong to currents of Western esotericism. A small booklet, On the Wings of Frenzy, published in Vilnius in 1921, is part of those currents. The composition and a specific ‘textual-graphic’ narrative strategy indicate the initiatory nature of this publication and, at the same time, allow us to treat it as a kind of program of spiritual work, the culmination of which was to become a reborn Poland. One of the essential elements of this program is the hidden message of Polish literature, present mainly in selected works of Young Poland. Their creators become contemporary ‘Great Initiates’, carriers of esoteric ‘Knowledge’ adequate to the needs and requirements of the coming era. The authors discuss the unique structure of this publication. The analysis and interpretation cover the graphic and textual layers of the work, providing a background for considering the place and significance of Young Poland artists in the vision sketched by the author hiding under the pseudonym Jaksa-Mnich.

2023-01-01T00:00:00Z Gruchała, Wojciech http://hdl.handle.net/11320/17424 2024-10-25T10:28:09Z 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tytuł: Dłonie memfijskiego Ptaha. Hermetyczna Ozimina Wacława Berenta Autorzy: Gruchała, Wojciech Abstrakt: The author attempts to identify the most significant threads of cultural reception of the heritage of ancient Egypt, which form the background of artistic imagery in Wacław Berent’s novel Ozimina. The myth of the sacrifice of Osiris and the monistic tradition derived from the teachings of Hermes Trismegistos seem to resonate with essential ideas of the late 19th century: they take up the question of ‘transcending man’ and his materiality, link the dialectic of history with the cosmic plan, but above all allow the theme of science exploring nature about the spiritual world of man. In Berent’s novel, Egyptian themes are one of the key codes for understanding the historiosophical and anthropological meanings of the novel.

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