Credo in Spiritum Sanctum, Dominum et vivificantem. Przemiana w Genezis z Ducha Słowackiego i Kainie Byrona w świetle odkryć naukowych

Abstract

The author analyses the motif of transformation and resurrection in Juliusz Słowacki’s Genezis z Ducha, referring to Christian and Gnostic eschatology. At the same time, he takes into account the literary context – George Gordon Byron’s Kain – as well as the sociological context – nineteenth-century scientific discoveries. The author of the dissertation focuses on the topic of extinct animals, fossils and preadamites as the main link between mentioned works. He also draws attention to the posthumanist and ecocritical themes present in Juliusz Słowacki’s Genesis from the Spirit. The work aims to draw attention to the impact of natural discoveries on the vision of human’s role in the world, which changed profoundly and rapidly in the nineteenth century.