Modernistyczna wizja Ukrainy w powieści Wita Tadeusza Micińskiego

Abstract

This paper presents an analysis of a modernist vision of Ukraine proposed by Tadeusz Miciński in his novel Wita. An original approach adopted by the writer is discussed: reception of the Ukrainian space using all senses and his creation of a full-dimensional vision, received by hearing, touch, smell and sight. Miciński used impressionist techniques in his novel. He was also truthful to the Romantic tradition, namely trends established by the authors of the Romantic “Ukrainian School”. He used the same set of topoi and threads: Ukrainian night, Ukrainian steppe, Dnieper, Ukrainian Cossack and Ukrainian woman, etc. Naturally, they have another semantic potential in the context of modernist poetics, but preserve their Romantic core Additionally, the Ukrainian land with its troubled history, coexistence of various cultures and traditions, provide Miciński with an excellent opportunity to play with his favourite polysemy.