=?windows-1252?Q?=93Our_Mickiewicz=94_?=in contemporary Belarus

[Elena Gapova]

Thank you, Curt,

for bringing this to attention. The "appropriation" of cultural figures by
the "late nations" in the borderlands, in view of post-colonial
(post-Soviet) discourses, is a topic of huge importance and interest.

Elena Gapova


2014/1/14 Curt Woolhiser <cwoolhis at gmail.com>

> Dear SEELANGers,
>
> Those of you with an interest in Polish-East Slavic literary and cultural
> relations might be interested in this report (in Russian) from Belarusian
> TV about the upcoming premiere of a Belarusian-language stage adaptation of
> Mickiewicz's “Pan Tadeusz” at the Janka Kupala Theatre in Minsk. Mickiewicz,
> born and raised in the Nowogródek (Navahrudak) region in what is today
> west central Belarus, is increasingly being portrayed as part of the
> Belarusian literary canon, despite the fact that he wrote in Polish. Note
> that at the end of the report, the journalist refers to “OUR Mickiewicz”
> and quotes the opening lines of “Pan Tadeusz” in Belarusian! (“Litva! Ty,
> jak zdarouje u nas, maja Ajchyna!”)
>
>
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TCTwE8RMGQ
>
>
>
> There has recently been something a Mickiewicz boom in Belarus, as 2012
> saw the premiere of Mickiewicz’s “Dziady” in Belarusian (a
> Belarusian-Lithuanian co-production):
>
>
>
> http://novychas.info/kultura/dziady_spiektaklj_jaki_cakali/
>
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bIoGgIG_eA
>
>
>
> The increased attention to Mickiewicz in Belarus is clearly part of a
> broader trend. Whereas previously it was only the pro-European,
> anti-Lukashenko opposition that looked to the legacy of the Grand Duchy of
> Lithuania and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as a source of historical
> legitimacy, now even the Lukashenko regime has begun to integrate the GDL
> into its narrative of Belarusian identity. This is reflected, for example,
> in the ambitious program of restoring the castles and palaces of the
> Radziwills, Sapiehas and other magnate families of the Grand Duchy. Thisis a report from Belarusian state TV (in Russian) about the castles of
> Belarus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOVowKm7i90).
>
>      Not surprisingly, the fact that the regime has begun to cultivate the
> memory of Belarus’ role in the history of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania is
> making some commentators in Lithuania nervous (article in Russian from the
> Lithuanian internet news portal Delfi):
>
>
>
>
> http://ru.delfi.lt/vkl/history/bumblauskas-poka-litva-dumaet-vitis-mozhet-vernut-belarus.d?id=59429949
>
>
>
> The rise of “Litvinism” in contemporary Belarus has also been noticed by
> Russian nationalists, who generally regard Belarus as part of Russia's
> irrendenta:
>
>
>
> http://www.regnum.ru/news/1554354.html
>
>
>
>
>
> Curt Woolhiser
>
>
>
> =============================
>
> Curt F. Woolhiser
>
> German, Russian and Asian Languages
>
> and Literature
>
> Brandeis University
>
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>
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>
>
>
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>
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>
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