Ko mums šiandien trūksta? Povilo Višinskio publicistika

LTŠios knygos šaltinis - periodinėje spaudoje ir atskiromis brošiūromis pasirodžiusi Povilo Višinskio publicistika, sudaranti didžiąją šios asmenybės palikimo dalį. Rinktinę sudaro per 160 tekstų. 1894-1906 m. skelbti straipsniai rašyti jaunam žmogui - ir ne tik todėl, kad nemažai vietos skiriama būtent jaunuomenei, jos švietimo, socialinėms ir kitoms problemoms išsakyti bei spręsti. Višinskis kreipėsi į politinėms ir kitoms radikalioms permainoms nusiteikusį adresatą, turėdamas viltį iš esmės keisti visuomenę, ugdyti tautinį, pilietinį, visuomeninį ar kultūrinį savo skaitytojo sąmoningumą. Leisdami pažinti to meto epochą, Višinskio straipsniai gali būti puikus pretekstas klausti, ko mums trūksta šiandien, o vienas iš atsakymų pagal Višinskį - savo laikui adekvataus, sąmoningo, nuolat stiprinamo rūpinimosi savo tauta, jos kalba, krašto ateitimi. [Anotacija knygoje]

ENMaterial of the book What Do We Lack Today? Publicistic Writing of Povilas Višinskis is a publicistic writing of Povilas Višinskis published in periodicals (Varpas, Ūkininkas, Lietuvos ūkininkas, Naujienos, Vienybė lietuvninkų, Darbininkų balsas, Vilniaus žinios, Ogniwo) or in separate brochures. Višinskis began writing and publishing various articles, comments (also analytical), correspondence, reviews from the beginning of his studies in St. Petersburg (1894). Already in the first texts, the national interest characteristic of his whole life, concern for the Lithuanian language or human rights under the conditions of tsarist oppression, and the ability to summarize certain realities in the context of the whole epoch and wider space become apparent. Višinskis continued writing articles for press until his death (1906). The introduction of the book presents the path of critique (reception) of Višinskis’ life and work. It shows up works, ideological principles and attitudes of this historical figure as a collaborator of Varpas, literary helper and mediator (for writers to publish their works), famous gegužinės (social-political festival in nature) organizer, democratic politician and anthropological data collector. Višinskis’ modern reception invites to look back at the historical context of the epoch and to understand the contemporary relevance of his writings. The introduction presents a new addressee of Višinskis’ publicistic writing, stylistic and poetic features of the texts, a wide genre spectrum, and the meaning of the author’s texts. In essence, all of Višinskis’ publicistic writing can be called political despite the unconditionally important social, educational, literary or economic topicality of the late 19th- early 20th centuries.Questions, topics and realities raised, commented on, evaluated and analyzed by the author are relevant today from both perspectives - the general historical aspect and Višinskis’ views or writing biography. Višinskis’ publicistic writing presented in the book allows to better understand the historical significance of the author than before, to know not only the rhythm of life in Lithuania as a whole, but also its specific region, to feel the connection of a specific place with wider (and outside Lithuania) socio-political life processes. Allowing to know the epoch of that time, articles of Višinskis are also a pretext to ask what do we lack today, and one of the answers according to Višinskis is to take care of the nation, its language and the future of the country that is adequate, conscious, constantly strengthened. This book consists of over 160 articles by Višinskis of various volumes. Only a small part of publicistic writing is included in the previous author’s collections. Looking at Višinskis’ publicistic writing through the modern concept of press genres, five groups were selected for its classification and book chapters. A larger part of Višinskis’ publicistic writing consists of so-called analytical articles, which are characterized by independent problematic analysis and evaluation of events and phenomena (the first chapter of the book). Articles on the first page, or editorials (second chapter) are also distinguished from author’s creative legacy. These texts have similar features as in the first chapter, and the significance of Višinskis is further emphasized by the unique place of publication assigned to them in its own time. The identity of Višinskis’ literary publicistic writing is revealed in the third chapter of the book by combining reviews, images, essays.Correspondence, which reflects the life, events and evaluation of small towns or large centers, is characterized by a uniquely individual style, originality of the material and its evaluation (fourth chapter). The last (fifth) chapter of the book consists of translations, reviews and comments of publicistic texts published in the press. Minimal editing of texts (punctuation and spelling) preserves the authentic language of publications, which allows to get to know Višinskis and in general the linguistic attitudes, morphological, lexical and syntactic dynamics of the press language of that time. After the main part of the book - articles of Višinskis - the book features comments explaining the names, societies, events, press releases and other facts mentioned in these texts. The comments highlight the realities of Višinskis’ life and wider context, the author’s connections with certain persons, organizations or events, which are necessary to understand the publicistic writing. At the end of the book there is a glossary of barbarisms, obsolete words and dialects, an index of personal names and an index of periodicals and organizations. All three appendixes once again draw attention to the rich language of Višinskis’ writings and / or a certain periodical, a very wide circle of persons related to Višinskis. The title of the book was formed based on one of the Višinskis’ articles “What do we lack today?” The word “we” refers to the community that is very important to Višinskis in one form or another, “today” reminds of not only the topicality of Višinskis’ texts at that time, but also of the author’s relevance in today’s era, well, and the moment of lack, scarcity, sounds symbolic both in relation to the then era and to the present day. Or maybe we do lack Višinskis’ writings, his style, width of interests, approach to problems and concern for essential issues. [From the publication]