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In this episode of Litcenter, we explore the long and complex history of Polish literature — a tradition shaped by language, faith, and the struggle for identity.

From the earliest Slavic oral tales to the refined poetry of the Renaissance and the passionate voices of Romanticism, Polish writers have reflected the country’s turbulent history and its unbroken cultural continuity.

We begin with the pagan Slavic world and the slow Christianization that introduced Latin learning, before turning to the birth of a written Polish language. The Renaissance under the Jagiellonian dynasty marked a true golden age, with figures like Mikołaj Rej and Jan Kochanowski giving Polish its literary form.

The Baroque brought a fascination with heroism and faith, while the Enlightenment opened Poland to European ideas of reason and reform. Finally, the Romantic movement, led by Adam Mickiewicz, transformed literature into a form of national resistance during the years of partition and exile.

Throughout these centuries, Polish literature has been both a mirror of European thought and a testament to cultural survival.

📜 Chapters

00:00 Introduction
00:38 The Roots of Polish Literature
01:38 The Slavic Tribes and Pagan Oral Traditions
01:54 Christianization and the Arrival of Latin
03:06 The First Written Polish Texts
04:32 The Renaissance and the Jagiellonian Golden Age
04:50 Mikołaj Rej and the Rise of Humanism
05:40 Jan Kochanowski and the Birth of Polish Poetry
06:20 Science and Culture: Copernicus and the Polish Renaissance
07:10 Enlightenment and Ignacy Krasicki and the First Polish Novel
08:38 Romanticism and Adam Mickiewicz
10:13 Polish Positivism
11:10 Henryk Sienkiewicz and the Nobel Price
11:36 Modernism and the Young Poland Movement
29:40 Conclusion