Alchemia pod znakiem Saturna : tragizm i melancholia w "Sędziwoju" Józefa Bohdana Dziekońskiego
Authors:
- Oskar Kalarus
Abstract
In the novel Sędziwój by Józef Bohdan Dziekoński, alchemists are shown as people strongly connected with the night. In accordance with Romantic poetics, the night makes it possible for the human being to reach beyond the limitations of rational thinking, traditionally associated with the day. Alchemists’ way of life, different from the widely adopted one, contributes to their isolation from the society – a situation which they themselves treat as one of the factors indispensable for the development of their skill. In Dziekoński’s view, alchemists are melancholic geniuses, forever alone, consciously sinking in despair and aware of the fact that happiness is one of the greatest obstacles on the way to excellence. The real value of the protagonists’ life consists in the determination and readiness to sacrifice everything to achieve their set goals rather than in any tangible effects of their work. The sacrifice of earthly life is the proof of reaching the height of humanity, which in the novel is symbolically expressed as possessing the secret of the philosopher’s stone.
- Record ID
- USLc0b1c3b0f8324708aab34ef5770efffc
- Author
- Other language title versions
- Alchemy under the sign of Saturn : the tragic and the comic in Sędziwój by Józef Bohdan Dziekoński
- L’alchimie sous le signe de Saturne Le tragique et la mélancolie dans Sędziwój de Józef Bohdan Dziekoński
- Pages
- 103-112
- Publication size in sheets
- 0.50
- Book
- Piechota Marek Władysław, Marek Władysław Piechota Kalarus Marta, Marta Kalarus Kalarus Oskar Oskar Kalarus (eds.): Komizm i tragizm w literaturze romantyzmu, Prace Naukowe Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach, no. 3494, 2016, Katowice, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, 140 p., ISBN 978-83-8012-888-0
- Keywords in Polish
- Sędziwój; Józef Bohdan Dziekoński
- Handle.net URL
- hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/21357 Opening in a new tab
- URL
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12128/21357 Opening in a new tab
- Language
- pol (pl) Polish
- License
- File
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- File: 1
- Alchemia pod znakiem Saturna : tragizm i melancholia w "Sędziwoju" Józefa Bohdana Dziekońskiego, File Kalarus_Alchemia_pod_znakiem_Saturna.pdf / 409 KB
- Kalarus_Alchemia_pod_znakiem_Saturna.pdf
- publication date: 06-02-2024
- Alchemia pod znakiem Saturna : tragizm i melancholia w "Sędziwoju" Józefa Bohdana Dziekońskiego, File Kalarus_Alchemia_pod_znakiem_Saturna.pdf / 409 KB
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- Score (nominal)
- 5
- Score source
- BIBLIOGRAFIA DOROBKU PRACOWNIKÓW UŚ
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- https://opus.us.edu.pl/info/article/USLc0b1c3b0f8324708aab34ef5770efffc/
- URN
urn:uni-kat-prod:USLc0b1c3b0f8324708aab34ef5770efffc
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