Od herosa do charyzmatyka. Dziedzictwo antyku w twórczości Tadeusza Micińskiego

Abstract

Antiquity, Greek-Roman and Christian tradition are the most important sources of inspiration for a modem writer, Tadeusz Micinski, who used them in a very special way. Antique demigods (pagan tradition) were very good to highlight the sublime, uniqueness, therefore also heroism of contemporary people. On the other hand, antique access is used equally to the biblie access and other religions, eastem and Slavonic mythologies. The other thing is that antique demigods in Micinski's novels often function like mirrors, in which the writer orders his heores (e.g. Ariaman from novel Nietota published in 1910) to look and see themselves. However, even demigod was not able to reach the highest ethics to achieve today's world challenges. The only people, who can do it, are charismatics (christian tradition), e.g. the eponymous of Xiadz Faust (1913). They are people, who grew above the heroism. That's why the way which Micinski maps out for his heros leads from a demigod to a charismatic figure. For the others, the absolute majority, the only thing left is to strenuousły and laboriously climb to the overhumanity or admire and respect todays ' demigods. Finally Micinski dubted his previous, maximalI ideas, creating Jarosław, a nihilistic decadent hero, in his unfinished novel Mene-Mene-Thekel Upharisim! ... Quasi una phantasia (1931).