Staropolskie struktury i satyry menippejskie. Próba typologii gatunku
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2008
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM
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Old Polish satires and menippean structures. An attempt at a typology of the genre
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In the article Old Polish satires and menippean structures. An attempt at a typology of the genre
the author took up the subject of the possibility of existence of this kind of satire derived from the
antique tradition. Thus, what needed to be more precisely explained was the incoherent theoretical
classification of ancient menippean satires and their influence on the later texts. An attempt at
ordering the hitherto statements on the subject by scholars (among other M. Bakhtin, N. Frye,
D. Shanzer, H. Rikonnen, K. Korus, R. Piętka and J. Styka) was enriched with a not well-known
German studies, especially Stefan Trappen's important book. The outline of the background of
antique tradition of the genre allowed a wider view at the 17th and 18th century texts (old Polish
texts) amongst which menippean satires can be found. On the grounds of native history of literature
a division appeared to be indispensable into texts which either formally or actually belong to
this genre, thus to the menippean structures and satires. The form of prosimetrum which characterises,
among other things, Cadka Hrycia z Fortuną [Hryd's chat with Fortune] by J.S. Herburt or
Something New... by Ł. Opaliński does not necessarily become the only constitutive genological
feature of mennipea. Tracking the presence of the menippean satire in old literature ended with
the observation of 4 important works: Żona wyćwiczona [A Well-trained Wife], Złote jarzmo
małżeńskie [The Golden Yoke of Marriage], Corzka wolność młodzieńska [The Bitter Freedom of
Youth] and Małpa-człowiek w cnotach, obyczajach i kroju [The Monkey in virtues, customs and
clothes]. The suggested inter-genre division into satires and structures allows to see the ties which
join Polish literature with European traditions, and at the same time takes into account their
distinctness. The standard example of this is a form of a manippean letter (among others, often
found in I. Krasicki's works), noted as an aftermath of menippea. The article fits within the current
of philological studies on the menippean satire, which has been undertaken only recently.
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Przestrzenie Teorii, nr 10, 2008, s. 243-255.
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978-83-232-1946-0
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1644-6763