Od celi Konrada. Wileńskie badania i emocje Stanisława Pigonia

LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Adomas Mickevičius (Adam Mickiewicz); Adomas Mickevičius (Adam Mickiewicz); Konrado celė; Lenkų literatūra; Lenkų literatūros istorikai; Stanislovas Pigonas; Stanislovas Pigonis (1885-1968); Stepono Batoro universitetas (Stephen Báthory University in Vilnius); Vilnius; Adam Mickiewicz; Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855); Cell of Konrad; Historians of Polish literature; Konrad's cell; Polish literature; Stanislaw Pigon; Stanislaw Pigon (1885-1968); Stefan Batory University; Vilnius.

ENThe ten years Stanisław Pigoń spent in Wilno (1921-1931) was a very important phase of his life. Wilno not only attracted a great deal of his research but also became the focus of a lasting emotional attachment, a sentiment which he reaffirmed in a memoir published shortly before his death in 1968. Although a lot is already known about Pigon’s Wilno decade, there are some episodes that are worth a closer examination. One of them is a debate about Konrad’s cell which he triggered off just before leaving Wilno. The controversy concerns a cell in the former Basylian Monastery where Adam Mickiewicz was imprisoned in 1823 and where Konrad, the main character of his "Dziady" ("Forefathers' Eve") undergoes a spiritual transformation, the climax of the poetic drama. Pigoń contributions to this interminable debate exhibit a fine balance of scholarly precision and passionate conviction. This article not only looks at the origin and the early phases of the Konrad's cell controversy in their contemporary background but also tries to show Pigoń's involvement in the life of the university and the cultural and literary life of Wilno. [From the publication]