W kotle parodii i pastiszu: o Mickiewiczu gotow(an)ym Uzdańskiego

Abstract

The paper aims to portray the literary depiction of Adam Mickiewicz depicted in Grzegorz Uzdański’s Wypiór. This modernized figure of the Bard, utilizing the mechanism of collaboration of two stylistic devices (pastiche and parody), is illuminated while underscoring the motifs indicating the titular character’s ties to Ukraine (the etymology of the word “wypiór,” the playful tone of Malorussian literature, the emotional qualities of longing and sadness characteristic of one of the Crimean sonnets, “The Akkerman Steppe”). The climax of the considerations is the proposition on the absence of devaluation of Adam Mickiewicz’s figure and work, the source of the presented creation, juxtaposed to contemporary culture, reality in general, and in particular, the lifestyle this culture favours (devaluing the notion “truth”).