Abiejų tautų respublikos istorinė gelmė kaip estetinis proveržis: Kristinos Sabaliauskaitės "Silva Rerum"

LTDabarties Lietuvoje ryškėja naujas istorijos transformacijos estetinis fenomenas: literatūros ir mokslo susiliejimas, prikeliant visavertę valstybingumo sampratą, permąstant tapatybines gijas ir jų sąsajas su dvasios šaltinių Europa. Kaip sovietmečiu buvo atogrąža į pagonybę Sigito Gedos ir Broniaus Kutavičiaus kūryboje, taip dabar matome atogrąžą į krikščionybės sąsajas su Europa, pirmiausia su Lenkija. Šis aspektas tampa kultūros ir politikos diskursų objektu, sulaukia ir kontraversiškų vertinimų (M. Kvietkausko, D. Būdienės komentarai Santaros-Šviesos suvažiavime, Atlanta, 2018-06-23). Tačiau ypatinga gelminė istorinės estetikos nuojauta su savo galingu proveržiu yra akivaizdus ir keičiantis tautos savimonę veiksnys. Lietuvių literatūrologija, galima teigti, kol kas nepripažįsta Sabaliauskaitės fenomeno ir savaip jį ignoruoja. [Iš straipsnio, p. 118]

ENNew Lithuanian literature explores historical depths of the Lithuanian statehood inspired by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, also known as the Republic of the Two Nations (after the Union of Lublin in 1569). This is an important special issue of Lithuanian historical continuity before the Russian occupation (1795). Lithuanian writer and art historian Dr Kristina Sabaliauskaitė (born 1974) uses chronicles of a prominent Commonwealth family life to make new points of view on these epochs. She wrote four books titled Silva rerum regarding the family’s chronicles (Silva rerum in Latin – the forest of things). The content of the books is full of references to historical events and human fates, including the useful information about various structures of the Republic, traditions of education, aesthetics and culture. It looks into institutional matters of architecture, churches, religion, the Jewish influence, medicine, sexual relations, and other aspects of life in Vilnius’ early modern period. These details are still alive in certain memory of the contemporary society as if in long-forgotten but newly uncovered archaeology of psyche. Sabaliauskaitė’s aesthetic power transforms her literary style, so her language reminds of some old genealogy tree with branches and connecting paths and turns. The enriched multiplicity of verbalisation echoes Baroque and includes musical aspects of ritornello and rhetorical thriving. Even the integrity of language becomes inspiring as it brings events, metaphorical depths and linguistic aspects to life.The writing presents very interesting completeness of view inspired by Dr Sabaliauskaitė’s scientific experience, her professional practice and talent in describing artefacts that transform her literary style to an unconscious eternal musical line developed in Baroque’s polyphony when unlimited sentences flow into other. This style is a good example to compare with the postmodern arts resembling emptiness of times, which is represented by static sentences, slang and common words. In contrary, Sabaliauskaitė’s works thrive with old fashioned style, prominent scripts using old words, references to archives and chronicles and recreation of aesthetical power of the past. Speaking of contemporary aspects, this new-old aesthetic in the Lithuanian literature and other forms of culture has been very successful, unexpectedly popular in society (her books became bestsellers) and even became admired internationally. The four books Silva rerum (2008-2016) written by Kristina Sabaliauskaitė are essential columns of Lithuania’s statehood continuity in a contemporary way. They are good examples which prove the need to avoid negative aspects of the past still hiding in cliches inherited from the Russian historiography. Keywords: Sabaliauskaitė, Republic, history, aesthetic, dimensions. [From the publication]