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"Declaration of Immortality" – Inspirations Derived from Creative Documentaries by Wojciech Wiszniewski [PDF]
In his documentary Declaration of Immortality, Marcin Koszałka intentionally refers to the style of Wojciech Wiszniewski. Visual creativity is strongly exposed here, both in the style of fi lming and the presentation of the hero.
Tes, Urszula
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Music as Pure Art. Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz and Konstanty Regamey
In Witkacy’s aesthetics, the problem of the essence, function and status of music in the system of pure arts has never been finally resolved. Many important questions remained unanswered.
Lech Sokół
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The author assumes that the curiosity is a type of human expression. It can manifest in various languages and people’s behaviors, e.g.: verbal, mimic, gestural, costume and also by props, hairstyles, makeup etc.
Hendrykowski, Marek
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„Sądy boże" opisane przez Witkacego i Gombrowicza
The article discusses two ways in which modernist writers represent a duel. Witkacy describes a dispute between an artist and a modern society which deprives it of its meaning i.e. an honour.
Tomasz Bocheński
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Polish Novel in the 20th Century [PDF]
The present book “Poland – History, Culture and Society. Selected Readings” is the third edition of a collection of academic texts written with the intention to accompany the module by providing incoming students with teaching materials that will assist ...
Izdebska, Agnieszka
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Role model (in) advertising? [PDF]
The article concentrates on analysing the growing interest of academics in studying advertisements. While arguing why this perspective of reading literature may bring interesting critical results, the article focuses mainly on the character of Anna ...
Lachman, Magdalena
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The Witkacy–Cornelius Correspondence, or how to Cure Gout with Transcendental Philosophy [PDF]
By drawing on archival materials that were previously considered missing, the author examines Witkacy’s epistolary friendship with the German philosopher Hans Cornelius, afriendship which lasted from 1935 to 1939.
Agnieszka Marczyk
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A background created from nothing: The issue of nihilism in Witkacy’s works
As Witkacy wrote in Narcotics, it is “the surrounding nothingness which creates a negative background for all being” that makes things visible. Nihilism provides a framework for Witkacy’s work.
Wojciech Sztaba
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Cinema, Insatiability and Impure Form: Witkacy on Film [PDF]
In this essay the author discusses Cinema in the work of Witkacy, particularly its absence. He refers to many of Witkacy’s Western contemporaries as being fascinated by this increasingly dominant 20th Century medium, which Witkacy seems to have ...
Michael Goddard
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Torments of Education (“Metaphysics of a Two-Headed Calf” by S.I. Witkiewicz)
Identity crisis, one of the crucial problems tackled by Witkacy in his dramas, is linked first of all with the tradition of modernism by critics. The author of the article suggests a change in the viewpoint, and basing on the analysis of Metaphysics of a
Ewa Wąchocka
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