Kultūros kritika tarpukario Lieuvoje : Julijonas Lindė-Dobilas

LTIki šiol Julijono Lindės-Dobilo žymaus pirmosios XX amžiaus pusės rašytojo ir kritiko raštai buvo analizuojami daugiausia literatūros istorijos ir literatūros kritikos požiūriu. Pirmojo lietuviško psichologinio romano Blūdas autorius Julijonas Lindė-Dobilas net ir keičiantis literatūros vertinimo kanonams išlieka svarbi Lietuvos literatūros istorijos figūra. Tačiau jo negrožinės literatūros tekstai (kultūros kritika, filosofinė eseistika, literatūros interpretacijos ir kt.) leidžia jo vaidmenį mūsų kultūros istorijoje suvokti gerokai platesniame kontekste. [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Kultūros kritika; Intelektualinis gyvenimas; Kūryba; Pozytivizmas; Cultural criticism; Intellectual life; Creation; Positivism.

ENSo far writings of Julijonas Lindė-Dobilas, an important writer and critic of the first half of the XXth century, have been analyzed from the viewpoint of literary history and criticism. An author of first Lithuanian psychological novel „Raving“ Julijonas-Lindė Dobilas remains an important figure in the history of Lithuania's literature. However, his critical writings, collected into one volume one decade ago, represent his going beyond the borders of art or literary criticism. In the present article he is treated as a versatile cultural critic, who developed a rather unique critical discourse in the cultural context of Lithuania's first half of the XXth century. Being not only a novelist, but also a Catholic priest, Lindė- Dobilas never submitted himself to official viewpoint of the Church nor sought some fashionable ideology of his day. His writings represent a sum of approaches. Influences range from Taine to Walcel and Croce. While in his aesthetics Lindė-Dobilas is a humble follower of Western thinkers of his time, in cultural criticism he developed a broad and interesting approach, his own categories and conceptual tools. His writings on literature, art, psychology of nations, creativity, cultural history are an interesting example how cultural criticism took shape and matured in pre-war Lithuania. [From the publication]