The Language of Polish Modernism (Literary and Cultural Theory .49) （2017. 204 S. 210 mm）

Nycz, Ryszard/ Herausgegeben:Kalaga, Wojciech

PETER LANG（2017発売）

PETER LANG（2017発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 204 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9783631653425

Full Description

This book debunks the myth of Polish Modernist literature as rooted in rash, immediate expression. The author compares programmatic statements on language by turn-of-the-century writers such as Wacław Berent, Bolesław Leśmian, Stanisław Brzozowski or Karol Irzykowski with notions deduced from their literary works. He demonstrates that these writers' linguistic self-consciousness informs their implicitly self-reflexive texts and sheds light on their values and characteristic qualities. The author treats Modernist literature itself as a sort of «language» - a distinct entity that emerged through systematic differentiation within the general literary discourse. The book enhances the understanding of the transformations behind this important philosophical and artistic movement.

Contents

Poland - Twentieth-century literature - Modernism - Young Poland - Language - Subjectivity - Literary criticism - Literary theory - Self-consciousness - Self-reflexivity - Wacław Berent - Bolesław Leśmian - Stanisław Brzozowski - Karol Irzykowski.