The Captive Mind – the Change in the Modes of Reception

Authors

  • Dariusz Pawelec doktor habilitowany, profesor nadzwyczajny. Kierownik Zakładu Poetyki Historycznej i Sztuki Interpretacji w Instytucie Nauk o Literaturze Polskiej im. Ireneusza Opackiego w Uniwersytecie Śląskim w Katowicach. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1397-2082

Keywords:

Czesław Miłosz, The Captive Mind, reception

Abstract

This article presents the changes through history in the reception of The Captive Mind by Czesław Miłosz. The book was published in 1953, first of all for the foreign readers. There were editions in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish. However, it mainly evoked emotions of Poles at home and on emigration. After the 1989, with the first legal mass edition, we observed a decrease of interest in Poland for the Miłosz’s text. It has become a classical work, it kept up didactic function. On the other hand, the world response argues, through universal interpretations and new translations in 21th century (a Belorussian, Russian, Turkish, Catalan, Serbian), that the Miłosz’s propositions are current and attractive outside Poland, in other geopolitical conditions.

Author Biography

Dariusz Pawelec, doktor habilitowany, profesor nadzwyczajny. Kierownik Zakładu Poetyki Historycznej i Sztuki Interpretacji w Instytucie Nauk o Literaturze Polskiej im. Ireneusza Opackiego w Uniwersytecie Śląskim w Katowicach.

Autor licznych prac z zakresu teorii i historii literatury (poezja XX w.) oraz krytyki literackiej, jak również kilku książek, m.in.: Poezja Stanisława Barańczaka. Reguły i konteksty (1992), Świat jako Ty. Poezja polska wobec adresata w drugiej połowie XX wieku (2003), Od kołysanki do trenów. Z hermeneutyki form literackich (2006) i antologii poe­tyckich: Powiedz prawdę. Antologia poezji Pokolenia 68 (1990), Martwe punkty. Antologia poezji „Na Dziko” (1994–2003) (2004), ogłoszonej także w języku słowackim: Mŕtve body. Antológia poézie zo Sliezska – „Nadivoko”. 1994–2003. Preklad Karel Chmel. (Bratislava 2004) i czeskim Mrtvé body. Antologie poezie „Na Divoko” (1994–2003). Přeložil Jan Faber (Ostrava 2006).

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2020-12-17

How to Cite

Pawelec, D. (2020). The Captive Mind – the Change in the Modes of Reception. Postscriptum Polonistyczne, 7(1), 183–190. Retrieved from https://trrest.vot.pl/ojsus/index.php/PPol/article/view/10757

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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2011): Miłosz – w stulecie urodzin

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Czytanie Miłosza – rewizje

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