The Ukrainian School in Polish Romanticism - Encounters with Polish Literature - S4E1

The Ukrainian School in Polish Romanticism with Roman Koropeckyj
Before Adam Mickiewicz, Juliusz Słowacki, and Zygmunt Krasiński, the foundations of Polish Romanticism in literature were laid by a group of poets oriented toward Poland’s eastern borderlands, outside the academic centers of Warsaw and Cracow. The constellation of writers that have stood out as a marker of this early Romantic period are referred to as the “Ukrainian School” for their works predominately set in the Ukrainian lands.
As we discuss in this episode, all the elements of European Romanticism make their way into the works of the Ukrainian school: the Byronic hero, Laocoön as a symbol of human agony, the sublime, the supernatural, mesmerism, ruined castles, pathetic fallacy, and the like.
Learn more about this episode, and see the biography of the guests on the Polish Cultural Institute New York's website: instytutpolski.pl/newyork/202...
Encounters with Polish Literature is a video series for anyone interested in literature and the culture of books and reading. Each month, host David A. Goldfarb will present a new topic in conversation with an expert on that author or book or movement in Polish literature. More about the Encounters with Polish Literature series and the timeline.
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very poignant passage