Film adaptations of Nobel Prize-winning historical novels by Henryk Sienkiewicz. The trilogy filmed in reverse order: Pan Wołodyjowski (1968), The Deluge.

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Film adaptations of Nobel Prize-winning historical novels by Henryk Sienkiewicz. The trilogy filmed in reverse order: Pan Wołodyjowski (1968), The Deluge (1974, nominated for Oscar), and With Fire and Sword (1999). With Fire and Sword Representations of 17 th century Poland successfully fighting external enemies.

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Pan Tadeusz (1999), Wajda’s film adaptation of an epic poem by Adam Mickiewicz (written in 1834). Pan Tadeusz Adam Mickiewicz Attempt to reinforce national identity; “a semi- mythical distillation of Poland and Polishness” (Andrzej Werner). Mixed reception with the public.

(poem) “a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero. The Iliad and the Odyssey are epics.” (Merriam Webster Dictionary) (film) A long film depicting large-scale events.

Referential code: the totality of traditions, psychology, politics, morality, etc. of the culture the text (film) refers to. Intertextuality: interconnections, cross- references, and influences that link different texts. “A text is constructed of a mosaic of quotations; any text is the absorbtion and transformation of another.” (Julia Kristeva)

“Dramatic irony occurs when a character states something that they believe to be true but that the reader/viewer knows is not true. The key to dramatic irony is the reader's/viewer’s foreknowledge of coming events.”