Moteris ir istorija: Kamilės Narbutaitės patirtys

LTKnygoje pristatoma mokslo pasauliui ir plačiajai visuomenei iki šiol nežinomos prozininkės, poetės, vertėjos, vieno iš Lietuvos istoriografijos pradininkų Justino Narbuto (Justyn Narbutt, 1773-1845) dukters ir istoriko Teodoro Narbuto (Teodor Mateusz Narbutt, 1784-1864) giminaitės Kamilės Narbutaitės-Jurevičienės (Kamilla z Narbuttów Jurewiczowa vel Kamilla Narbuttówna, ~1815-1881) biografija ir kūryba. Juršiškių dvare (dabar Šalčininkų rajonas, Dainavos seniūnija) gyvenusios ir kūrusios moters biografija ir literatūrinis palikimas iki šiol nebuvo specialiai analizuoti. Knygoje paliestos ir kitos temos: moters kūrėjos recepcija tuometėje Lietuvoje, Moters ir Istorijos santykis, intelektinis ir kasdienis dvarų gyvenimas, Lietuvos istoriografijos ištakos, Narbutų giminės reikšmė Lietuvos mokslui ir kultūrai. Tai naujas indėlisį moters vaidmens Lietuvos istorijoje raidos, vadinamųjų rašančių Lietuvos dvarų (kaip ir vadinamųjų dvarų archyvų), apskritai intelektinės mūsų istorijos tyrimus. Knyga paremta gausia archyvine ir ikonografine medžiaga. Dauguma šaltinių naudojami pirmą kartą. [Anotacija knygoje]

ENThis book is about the writer, poet, and translator Kamilla z Narbuttów Jurewiczowa (~1815-1881; later, Kamilla Narbuttówna wel Narbuttówna); merely obscure in the academia and in the world of literature, she was completely unknown to the general public. The oblivion is ill-deserved: after all, the litterateurs biography (she made her debut as a published author in 1829; her final tract was published in 1847, her final manuscript is dated 1879) includes two novels, two novellas, several short stories, travel notes, a number of poems, and translations from the French language. And even though nearly all of these texts were printed at prominent period publishing houses in Vilnius, Narbuttówna's literary legacy has never been thoroughly represented. Analysis of Narbuttówna's legacy that has been deleted from our historical and cultural consciousness became the underlying goal of this book. Yet the efforts put into writing the book went far beyond this goal (however important - and even principal - it may be), because researching the creative biography of this litterateur offered a possibility to address other significant issues that existed in Lithuania’s society in the first half of the 19th century and to demonstrate the broader social, cultural, and even political context of its expression. What is more, it also presented a chance to ponder the relationship between Woman and History - a topic that has been given little attention in our historiography so far - especially considering that the heroine of the book provided the perfect ‘medium’ to do just that.Daughter to Justyn Narbutt (1773-1845), a forerunner of Lithuanian historiography and author of "Krotki rys pierwiastków Narodu Litewskiego" (a study that was published in Grodno back in 1820), and "Dzieje wewnętrzne Narodu Litewskiego z czasów Jana Sobieskiego i Augusta II. Królów panujących w Polsce" (vol. 1-2) (a book that was originally published in Vilnius in 1842 and had its second edition issued a year later), and a close relative to Teodor vel Teodor Mateusz Narbutt (1784-1864), the author of the tract "Dzieje Narodu Litewskiego" (first three volumes: "Dzieje Starożytne Narodu Litewskiego", vol. 1-9, Vilnius, 1835-1841), Kamilla was not (and could not have been) indifferent to History. This woman did not conduct any specific historical research, yet her work is full of historical themes and her legacy even includes a historical novel. On top of that, she was the only woman to have had her contribution acknowledged by Teodor Narbutt in his multi-volume tract. As a result, Narbuttówna's creative legacy has become an exciting and unique font of material for the research of the origins of Lithuanian historiography and reconstruction of the scientific aspirations of the historians Narbuttowie. Especially when it comes to the obscure Justyn Narbutt, whose tract "Dzieje wewnętrzne Narodu Litewskiego z czasów Jana Sobieskiego i Augusta II. Królów panujących w Polsce" has been referred to by Szymon Dowkont (Lith. Simonas Daukantas; 1793-1864) as a historiographical challenge, the first historical work to dare trespass, by its author’s will, the boundaries of Lithuania’s history as drawn by Polish historians, and depict the state of Lithuania post-1569. [From the publication]A journey in the company of Narbuttówna along the road of her life and creative work has netted a wealth of knowledge about the intellectual life at the manor, for writing (ergo, the ‘writing of history’), especially after the Imperial University of Vilnius (the Vilnius University) had been shut down, became an inseparable part of life for many of its alumni, the Narbuttowie among them. Rather than a means to satisfy their literary ambitions, they understood daily intellectual work as a mission to preserve the fundamental values that had been lost with the end of the statehood and later, the closing of the university as the key centre of science and culture of the region, as well as to revive historical memory. Equally important was the fact that the process of preserving, creating, and disseminating culture was seeing the gradual involvement of a Woman. It was on this kind of an intellectual island - in patrimonial Jurszyszki (Lith. Juršiškės; Grodno governorate (Vilnius governorate as of 1843), Lida county) - that Narbuttówna spent most of her life. Now but the withering remains of a garden, the manor homestead in Dainava (Pol. Dajnowa) county, Šalčininkai (Pol. Soleczniki) district was where she lived after she was married; it was there that she spent the last years of her life, there that she died. The stamp-sized Jurszyszki had a lot of room where one could exercize one’s creativity - and so did Teodor Narbutt’s Szawry (Lith. Šiauriai) four miles away. It was in Jurszyszki that Narbuttówna wrote her most prominent works, which are full ofdetails ofthe daily life at the manor of the period as well. [...].