(Nie)nowoczesność ironii romantycznej, czyli permanentna parabaza postępu

Abstract

In its first part, the article discusses F. Schlegel’s ambiguous attitude to modernity, in which the most fundamental issue is a complex relation between the notions of modernity and irony. When the latter is given prominence (in the so-called romantic phase of his career), the attitude to the former changes. In Über das Studium der griechischen Poesie, modern literature is merely a distant echo of ancient perfection; however, in Discussions on Poetry, it gains full autonomy (still, as an unfinished project). This complex relation between irony and modernity is exemplified in the second part of the article, which brings an interpretation of E. T. A. Hoffmann’s The Golden Pot.