Bronisław Grombczewski’s Travel Diaries as Experimental Memorialistic Literature
Bronisław Grombczewski, a son of a Polish participant in the January Uprising (1863), chose a career path in the tsarist army of the Russian Empire and became a general under Tsar Alexander III and Nicholas II. Grombczewski was famous thanks to his service in Central Asia, where as a diplomat and in...
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Dipartimento di Studi Linguistici e Letterari - Università di Padova
2019-12-01
|
| Series: | Avtobiografija |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.avtobiografija.com/index.php/avtobiografija/article/view/190 |
| _version_ | 1829134137459474432 |
|---|---|
| author | Wawrzyniec Popiel-Machnicki Bartosz Osiewicz |
| author_facet | Wawrzyniec Popiel-Machnicki Bartosz Osiewicz |
| author_sort | Wawrzyniec Popiel-Machnicki |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Bronisław Grombczewski, a son of a Polish participant in the January Uprising (1863), chose a career path in the tsarist army of the Russian Empire and became a general under Tsar Alexander III and Nicholas II. Grombczewski was famous thanks to his service in Central Asia, where as a diplomat and intelligence officer he defended the interests of Russia in its struggle against the British Empire for the Silk Road. His travel diaries, covering numerous expeditions, are an invaluable source of knowledge about the history and life of the inhabitants of this region. Moreover, Grombczewski’s notebooks reflect the policy of Russia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In addition to their value as a historical document, they give personal insight into Grombczewski. The purpose of this article is to identify the features of the diary genre in which Grombczewski worked. Attention will be paid to the culture of diary-writing in this historical period; the problem of the correlation between the elements of historical narrative and an intimate narrative; question of the addressee (the most important addressee was the Russian Emperor); functions performed by the general’s diary. |
| first_indexed | 2024-12-14T17:55:27Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-1104c39767c343d281b6ddd137749cb3 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2281-6992 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-12-14T17:55:27Z |
| publishDate | 2019-12-01 |
| publisher | Dipartimento di Studi Linguistici e Letterari - Università di Padova |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Avtobiografija |
| spelling | doaj.art-1104c39767c343d281b6ddd137749cb32022-12-21T22:52:33ZengDipartimento di Studi Linguistici e Letterari - Università di PadovaAvtobiografija2281-69922019-12-0108476210.25430/2281-6992/v8-047-062Bronisław Grombczewski’s Travel Diaries as Experimental Memorialistic LiteratureWawrzyniec Popiel-MachnickiBartosz OsiewiczBronisław Grombczewski, a son of a Polish participant in the January Uprising (1863), chose a career path in the tsarist army of the Russian Empire and became a general under Tsar Alexander III and Nicholas II. Grombczewski was famous thanks to his service in Central Asia, where as a diplomat and intelligence officer he defended the interests of Russia in its struggle against the British Empire for the Silk Road. His travel diaries, covering numerous expeditions, are an invaluable source of knowledge about the history and life of the inhabitants of this region. Moreover, Grombczewski’s notebooks reflect the policy of Russia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In addition to their value as a historical document, they give personal insight into Grombczewski. The purpose of this article is to identify the features of the diary genre in which Grombczewski worked. Attention will be paid to the culture of diary-writing in this historical period; the problem of the correlation between the elements of historical narrative and an intimate narrative; question of the addressee (the most important addressee was the Russian Emperor); functions performed by the general’s diary.https://www.avtobiografija.com/index.php/avtobiografija/article/view/190bronisław grombczewskitravel diaryautobiographical genreaddressee |
| spellingShingle | Wawrzyniec Popiel-Machnicki Bartosz Osiewicz Bronisław Grombczewski’s Travel Diaries as Experimental Memorialistic Literature Avtobiografija bronisław grombczewski travel diary autobiographical genre addressee |
| title | Bronisław Grombczewski’s Travel Diaries as Experimental Memorialistic Literature |
| title_full | Bronisław Grombczewski’s Travel Diaries as Experimental Memorialistic Literature |
| title_fullStr | Bronisław Grombczewski’s Travel Diaries as Experimental Memorialistic Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bronisław Grombczewski’s Travel Diaries as Experimental Memorialistic Literature |
| title_short | Bronisław Grombczewski’s Travel Diaries as Experimental Memorialistic Literature |
| title_sort | bronislaw grombczewski s travel diaries as experimental memorialistic literature |
| topic | bronisław grombczewski travel diary autobiographical genre addressee |
| url | https://www.avtobiografija.com/index.php/avtobiografija/article/view/190 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT wawrzyniecpopielmachnicki bronisławgrombczewskistraveldiariesasexperimentalmemorialisticliterature AT bartoszosiewicz bronisławgrombczewskistraveldiariesasexperimentalmemorialisticliterature |