ŻYCIE I TWÓRCZOŚĆ WŁADIMIRA KORWIN-PIOTROWSKIEGO

“Life and Writings of Vladimir Krowin-piotrowski”The paper presents a profile of Vladimir Krowin-Piotrowski, a significant twentieth century poet, now forgotten. He is known mostly to researchers of the emigre literature, as he played a key role in the short lived flourishing of ‘Russian Berlin’, when he was part of the inner circle of Vladimir Nabokov.

STYGMAT CYPRIANA NORWIDA Z PERSPEKTYWY FILOZOFII DIALOGU EMMANUELA LEvINASA

Cyprian Norwid’s Stygmat from the perspective of Emmanuel Levinas’s philosophy of dialogueThis study is an attempt to read Cyprian Norwids Stygmat anew, employing a deepened perspective that comes from Emmanuel Levinas’s philosophy of dialogue. First, the author points to the convergence of the poet’s and the philosopher’s views, especially when it comes to the special place occu- pied by the man, interpersonal relations, and effort. While reconstructing the plot of the novella, the author analyzes relationship between principal characters - Oskar and Róża, and Oskar and the Narrator; he pays atten- tion to the issue of effort and openness towards the other person in forging a relationship. Using Levinas’s terminology, the author describes Oskar’s condition - separation and disintegration of his identity - which made it impossible for him to carry the burden of responsibility for the encounter with the other person. This applies to the Narrator as well; he does not fulfill the role of the confidant - as selected for the role by Oskar - nor does he find fulfilment as a writer. The Narrator remains a passive observer of the events, which his conversation with Redaktor testifies to. As far as the ending of the novella is concerned the author turns to irony (very characteristic of Norwid) and the difficulty in distinguishing between moments in which the poet expresses serious and true statements and those with ironic flair.

CARL SPITTELER A STOSUNKI POLSKO-ROSYJSKIE W DRUGIEJ POŁOWIE XIX WIEKU

“Carl Spitteler and Polish-Russian Relationships in the Second Half of the Nineteenth century”This paper deals with Carl Spitteler’s opinions, still not researched and descri- bed, about Polish-Russian relationships in the second half of the nineteenth century, it focuses on the issues of the Russification of former Polish territo- ries. Spitteler had an opportunity to get acquainted in depth both with Russia and the Kingdom of Poland The author reaches interesting conclusions from close reading of a writer who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1919.

Все позволенно. "Братья Карамазовы" в современном театре

Irina Lappo, “Everything is Permitted. «The Karamozov Brothers» in contemporary Theatrical performances”The paper, after a brief analysis of the basic motifs and structural features of Dostoyevsky’s novels, opens with the description of the historical performance of The Karamazov Brothers from 1910 presented in Moscow Artistic Theatre (MCHAT) and directed by Niemirovitsch-Dancenko. The main theme of this paper are three key performance of Dostoyevsky’s final novel: by Janusz Opryski (2010), Sylwa Kricikene (2011) and Lev Erenburg (2016).

Jak są zrobione wykłady Norwida o Słowackim

The article is interested in exploring the peculiarities and proper organiza- tion of Cyprian Norwid’s O Juliuszu Słowackim. The author analyzes cha- racteristics of the text such as its structure, internal links between elements, dynamics, and stylistic features; he focuses on their functions, which are considered manifestations of larger ideas and goals of the author, his psy- chological, or even psychophysical, traits. The article pays special attention to such issues as the text’s cohesion, the elaboration of the main theme of the work - the exposition of Słowacki’s oeuvre, or better say, expression of his own critical method/attitude - communication relationships advanced by Norwid (sender-receiver), reception styles (image of the reader), and forms of the objectification of views.

„JUŻ NOC ZAPROWADZIŁA CIEMNE RZĄDY SWOJE”

„Już Noc zaprowadziła ciemne rządy swoje”[review of Dominika Skiba, Anna Rej, Marian Ursel (eds.), Noce romantyków. Literatura kultura, obyczaj, Cracow: Universitas, 2015]The reviewed work gathers the proceedings of a conference held at the University of Wrocław between 17-18 October 2013. The thirty- -one contributions are divided into four thematic areas. The volume includes pieces by established and renowned scholars as well as be- ginner students of Romanticism. The studies focus on Polish and French Romanticisms. They touch upon the relationship between arts in the nineteenth century and the extending of the Romantic tradition into later epochs.

BIEDNY MICKIEWICZ

“Poor Mickiewicz”The journalistic paper by Dmitri Filosofov presented here was written during his long stay in Poland. It clearly shows ways in which this brilliant editor and a ‘political thinker’ referred to literary texts crucial for Poles, their culture and self-awareness. In this paper he dealt with stereotypical ways in which Mickiewicz’s poem “Do Przyjaciół Moskali” (“To Our Rus- sian Friends”) was treated in this period. Filosofov, returned to the poem’s primordial meaning and asked questions, still valid today, about possibilities of Polish-Russian dialogue, but he also warned his readers that a dialogue with Bolshevik authorities would never be identical with a dialogue with Russians of anti-Bolshevik social, cultural and political views.

JESZCZE O TAJEMNICY LORDA SINGELWORTH. MIĘDZY IRONIĄ A AUTOIRONIĄ

Tajemnica lorda Singelworth once again.Between Irony and AutoironyThe article uses autoirony as the fundamental interpretative key to Norwid’s Tajemnica lorda Singelworth. The author puts the analyzed text in biograp- hical, epistolary, and publishing contexts, which produces a new way to understand the novella. This new interpretation suggests reading of Tajemnica as Norwid’s play with his earlier style as well as a attempt at autoironic representation of the textual subject’s attitude.

ANIOŁ U NORWIDA

Angel in Norwid’s oeuvreThe author explores the angel motif in Cyprian Norwid’s body of work. The article opens with a definition of ‘angel’ as a term and an exposition of selected works of angelology, philosophy, and philology which deal with this motif/being in thought, culture, and literaturę. The author primarily deals with literary works from the nineteenth century; she quotes multiple examples from Norwid’s writings pointing to the intensity and importance of the presence of the angel in his oeuvre. The main part of this study ana- lyses the character and function of the angel in Ostatnia z bajek.

ELEMENTY WIDOWISKA BOŻONARODZENIOWEGO W POEMACIE DWUNASTU ALEKSANDRA BŁOKA

“Elements of Christmas Pageant in Alexander Blok’s «The Twelve»”This paper is a an attempt of a new interpretation of Alexander Blok’s “The Twelve” in the context of Carnival customs in Russia at the end of the nineteenth century.