Oniryczna wędrówka duszy zmarłego. Wokół Zjawienia Emilki Jana Pawła Woronicza

Olga Szadkowska

doi:10.18778/7969-106-7

The Oneiric Journey of the Death. About Zjawienie Emilki of Jan Paweł Woronicz

Olga Szadkowska

Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydział Polonistyki

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Wzniosłość i makabra w literackich obrazach śmierci

Series: Literary and Linguistic Analects

Pages: 41-55

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/7969-106-7.04

Keywords: śmierć, makabra, literacki obraz śmierci, miłość a śmierć, obsesja śmierci, katastrofizm

Published: 15 December 2014

Categories: Polish philology, Open Access

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This article is considering the journey of the death in Woronicz’s book, Zjawienie Emilki. Work of Jan
Paweł Woronicz includes vision of death girl, who tells her dreaming sister a story about things she has
seen in heaven. This specific type of journey (after death) has it ancient provenience. This article is considering
Plato’s myth of Er and Dream of Scipio as a two texts which have huge influence on Woronicz’s
work. Furthermore this article presents tradition of prophetic texts as Profecja Księdza Marka Karmelity.
It shows that not only Polish tradition (called preromantic), but also Ancient literature got impact on
18th century poetry.

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Szadkowska, Olga. 2014. “The Oneiric Journey of the Death. About Zjawienie Emilki of Jan Paweł Woronicz”. In Wzniosłość I Makabra W Literackich Obrazach śmierci, edited by Michał Kuran, IV:41-55. Literary and Linguistic Analects. Poland: Lodz University Press. https://doi.org/10.18778/7969-106-7.04.