Echa edukacji uniwersyteckiej w Seksternach wykładów kowieńskich Adama Mickiewicza. Lata 1813–1821

Abstract

The article throws light on pedagogical activities carried out by Adam Mickiewicz after he graduated from Vilnius University. It should be noted that this part of his life has almost been forgotten. A glimpse into Adam Mickiewicz’s pedagogical activities is possible due to the notebooks of Bernard Giedymin, one of his students, published in 1956 by Władysław Abramowicz. The notebooks show that Adam Mickiewicz paid great attention to the informative and educational value of the texts he selected to teach history, rhetoric, style, and other subjects. Pursuing his interests in didactics, he shared with his students the knowledge obtained at university lectures or in books written by such professors as Joachim Lelewel, Leon Borowski, Euzebiusz Słowacki, and others. Mickiewicz appreciated his university education and drew from his experience in the Philomath and Filaret organizations. His didactic activities were enriched by his poetic vision of the world, and thus, he gradually took on the role of a poet rather than a teacher.