Adaptacje Grażyny Adama Mickiewicza w literaturze i sztuce litewskiej

Abstract

The aim of the article is to analyze two adaptations of Adam Mickiewicz’s narrative poem Grażyna. Both appeared in Lithuania. The first one is called Lietuvos senovės septyni paveikslai and was written by Šatrijos Ragana, Marija Pečkauskaitė, a Lithuanian writer, whose literary works were published at the beginning of the 20th century. The author changed the form of narration, and Mickiewicz’s poem was transformed into a legend. Interestingly, Ragana did not mention the Polish poet’s name, and the article is trying to explain what the Lithuanian artist’s purpose was. The second example of dramatization is the opera’s libretto written by Kazys Inčiura, a well-known Lithuanian poet. Grażyna was the fi rst Lithuanian historical opera, and its performance took place in 1933 in Kaunas.