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Anhelli
Sept 9, 2010 11:33:07 GMT 1
Post by tufta on Sept 9, 2010 11:33:07 GMT 1
Written by Juliusz Słowacki hektor.umcs.lublin.pl/~mikosmul/slowacki/index2.html'Anhelli' conveys an unfavorable image of the emigration. Symbolically, the plot is set in Siberia. The exiles quarrel and fight with one another and are unable to come up with one idea; they degenerate morally and physically. Anhelli, a young man of pure heart, walks with a chaplain in a space suggestive of Dante's hell. He has been chosen for a sacrifice equal to that of Christ's, yet the sense of this sacrifice is unclear. He dies a lonely death and when a knight arrives to call for revolutionary action, angel Eloe does not allow to wake Anhelli up. Vivid and linguistically beautiful, the drama abounds in symbols that yield themselves to a variety of interpretations.Anhelli has inspired many artists since it was written in 1938, among them picture by Witold Pruszkowski bialczynski.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/pruszkowski-nn-eloe.jpg?w=600&h=316jazz suite by Włodek Pawlik a moving song by Przemysław Gintrowski Read Anhelli in original literat.ug.edu.pl/anhelli/index.htmor in English translation daisy.htmlplanet.com/anh1.htm
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Anhelli
Sept 9, 2010 11:49:05 GMT 1
Post by pjotr on Sept 9, 2010 11:49:05 GMT 1
Interesting topic and wonderful music of Włodek Pawlik.
I read quite a lot of Polish authors who were translated into Dutch and English. The subject of this writer could probably represent any immigrant all over the world. Because everywhere there were colonies and idealistic and less idealistic pioneers and colonials who built new lives abroad. The Poles of Siberia, the Austrailians with their British blood, the South-African boers/Afrikaners (whites with Dutch, German and French blood), the European Americans and etc.
The topic of 'immigration and alienation in the new society' is a universal topic.
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Anhelli
Sept 9, 2010 16:46:57 GMT 1
Post by tufta on Sept 9, 2010 16:46:57 GMT 1
Sure, the problems of immigration is a universal topic. These are very well presented by for instance Janusz Głowacki in his 'Antygone in New York'. But in Anhelli Słowacki pays attention to the problems of emmigrants. It is the other side of the same coin, but so totally different. Polish emmigartion of 19th century, especially forced emmigrants, is not the same as today's migrants.
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Anhelli
Sept 9, 2010 21:15:40 GMT 1
Post by tufta on Sept 9, 2010 21:15:40 GMT 1
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