Genealogies of Polish Film Studies: From Juliusz Kleiner to Bolesław W. Lewicki
Rafał Koschany
koschany@amu.edu.plAdam Mickiewicz University in Poznan (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9343-9885
Abstract
The text is a commentary on Bolesław W. Lewicki’s article “Teoria badań humanistycznych Juliusza Kleinera w zastosowaniu do nauk o sztuce filmowej” [“Juliusz Kleiner’s Theory of Humanistic Research as Applied to Film Studies”]. Lewicki returns to Kleiner’s important statement from 1929, which he considers separate and progressive for its time. He points to the ennobling of film in the context of both academic reflection and social life and the emphasizing of new principles of creation within the existing system of art fields. In the later part of the article, the film scholar takes inspiration from Kleiner’s other works and considers it possible and necessary to transfer the methodology of literary research to film studies. This commentary includes a recapitulation of these two themes from the perspective of contemporary film studies and, at the same time, raises questions about the possibility of further inspiration from the theses of both Kleiner and Lewicki (e.g., concerning the issue of memory and, more broadly, comparative research). (Non-reviewed material).
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Bolesław W. Lewicki, Juliusz Kleiner, history of film theory, film studies, comparative studiesReferences
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Rafał Koschanykoschany@amu.edu.pl
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9343-9885
Associate Professor at the Institute of Cultural Studies, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. He specializes in the theory of interpretation, the semiotics of culture, as well as research at the crossroads between literary and film studies. Author of the books Przypadek. Kategoria artystyczna i egzystencjalna w literaturze i filmie [Chance: Existential and Artistic Category in Film and Literature] (2006, 2nd ed. 2016) and Zamiast interpretacji. Między doświadczeniem kinematograficznym a rozumieniem filmu [Instead of Interpretation: Between Cinematographic Experience and Understanding of Film] (2017), numerous journal articles and book chapters; co-editor of several collective volumes, among others: Musical. Poszerzanie pola gatunku [The Musical: Widening the Genre Field] (2013).
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