Wątki kaukaskie w powieści Tehe, czyli Zburzenie aułu Dubby Wincentego Dawida

Abstract

In his article, Michał Siedlecki explores the Caucasian themes in the novel “Tehe, czyli Zburzenie aułu Dubby” by Wincenty Dawid. According to the author himself, this work was based on the events of the spring of 1848. The writer created a very complex character of the young Issan. Faithfulness to the Prophet and hatred of Russian giaurs will provoke him to kill Tehe, his beloved, poetically personifi ed by the beauty of nature, which adds an Arcadian dimension to the whole story in the manner typical of the 19-th century descriptions of the East (the land of freedom and nature). Only the writer saves this world from oblivion. By creating a lyrical, subtly enchanted universe, Dawid sends a warning to future generations.