Późny romantyk w świecie duchów. Gotycyzm w powieści Jana Bittnera "Dziennik kustosza"
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2011
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Wydawnictwo Rys (nr 1)
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The modern romantic in the world of ghosts. Gothic traditions in Jan Bittner’s novel "Deník kastelána"
Abstract
Romanticism, one of the most important philosophical and artistic periods in
modern European culture, was never the mainstream tradition in Czech literature.
Nor did the Gothic novel influence this literature in a significant way. In
his Deník kastelána (Custodian’s Diary), Jan Bittner tries to use the formulas
of traditional literary horror. The main aim of this renovation seems to be to
search for a narrative form which is appropriate to show the problems and
priorities of the modern self. The hero of the novel, who runs away from Prague
and decides to live far from the postmodern civilization with its relativity of
values and lack of metaphysical horizons, finds in the haunted baroque village
castle a place where he can once again define the sense of life.
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romanticism, gothic novel, postmodern relativity of values
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Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne, 2011, nr 1, s.75–95