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Modernism from a Romantic perspective
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The article discusses Karol Samsel’s monograph entitled Norwid – Conrad: epika w perspektywie modernizmu [Norwid – Conrad: Epic in the Perspective of Modernism] (Warsaw 2015). Analysing the themes of this dissertation, attention is drawn to the conceptualisation of its leitmotifs: epic, modernism and historical and literary comparative studies, as well as to the issues highlighted as crucial for the analysis of the works and figures of both authors, i.e. their relationship with the Romantic tradition, the discourse of alienation and exile, linguistic escapism and the emigration of abilities. The article also draws attention to the methodology and construction of the dissertation. The review points out how, paradoxically, the dissertation on the modernism of the two authors who are strongly, though differently, associated with Romanticism itself exhibits links with Romantic sensibilities.
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epic, modernism, comparative studies, Romanticism, Wallenrod inspirations, Walter Scott inspirationsDetails
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