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Matoš's Beauty Problematizations. Following Some Research

Czapik-Lityńska, Barbara

2014-01-01 · Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne · Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan

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Abstract

The article describes the transformations of the traditional category of beauty in the Croatian modernist discourse. Based on the analysis of works of Matoš, we offer a study of modernist concepts of beauty, manifested in the relations between beauty, art and life. The discourse in question simultaneously transforms and explains the sense of beauty, introduces into the world of aesthetic and artistic values central to the culture of modernism.

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modernism, aesthetic categories, literary construction, style, artistry, the sense of beauty, artistic value, aesthetic value

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Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne