%0 Journal Article
%T The fate of Poland in the eyes of French writers in the 19th century
%A Malinowski, Wiesław Mateusz
%J Cahiers ERTA
%V 2023
%R 10.4467/23538953CE.23.019.17936
%N Numéro 34
%P 207-225
%K French literature, Poland, fate, vocation, 19th century
%@ 2300-4681
%D 2023
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/cahiers-erta/article/la-pologne-son-destin-et-sa-vocation-particuliere-aux-yeux-des-ecrivains-francais-du-xixe-siecle
%X The author of the paper propounds a hollistic outlook on how French writers of the 19th century perceived the fate of Poland in the most dramatic moment of its history, when it was fighting a fierce, and almost hopeless battle for its independence, having disappeared from the map of Europe. In textes of many poets, publicists and men of letters in France one can find a unique set of motifs that not only reveal a highly consistent way of thinking with respect to the situation Poland was in at the time, but also build a parallel vision of its future, and even hold a belief that Poland was to play a special role among European countries. In this paper the author identifies and discusses six such motifs.