The Language of Polish Modernism

by Ryszard Nycz, Wojciech Kalaga (Editor), Tul'si Bhambry (Translator)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783631653425
Publisher:	Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	06/22/2017
Series:	Literary and Cultural Theory , #49
Pages:	204
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ryszard Nycz is a literary theorist and historian. He is a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and Professor at the Jagiellonian University.

Table of 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.