Wobec tradycji literackiej : Stanisława Tarnowskiego relacja z Prus Królewskich

Abstract

Stanisław Tarnowski went to Pomerania and Warmia for the first time in summer 1881. The result of this journey was memories, initially published in Przegląd Polski, and subsequently, in the book entitled Z wakacji (Kraków 1888 r.). An important component of this syncretic text is various forms of references to works from a literary tradition: allusions, quotations, paraphrases, interpretative comments, particular genre‑stylistic conventions, motives, scenes, and characters. The article gives examples of the references to among others Flis by S.F. Klonowic, Podróże historyczne po ziemiach polskich miedzy rokiem 1811 a 1818 odbytych by J.U. Niemcewicz, Pieśń o ziemi naszej by W. Pol, Konrad Wallenrod and Pan Tadeusz by A. Mickiewicz, Lilla Weneda by J. Słowacki, Przedświt by Z. Krasiński and Faust by J.W. Goethe. Undoubtfully, the literature Tarnowski took advantage of made it easier for him to enter into a dialogue with a reader, diversified the structure and strengthened its patriotic function. The report in question was the broadest and most specific presentation of the history and contemporary situation of Poles living in the Kingdom of Prussia and fighting an unequal battle with Germanization in the 19th century.