“Neither Am I Afraid of the Black.”The Relationship with the Mother in the Texts of Janina Degutytė

Šmitienė, Giedrė

doi:10.15388/litera.2018.1.2

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2018

DOI: 10.15388/litera.2018.1.2

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“Neither Am I Afraid of the Black.”The Relationship with the Mother in the Texts of Janina Degutytė

Giedrė Šmitienė

Abstract: [straipsnis ir santrauka lietuvių kalba; santrauka anglų kalba] Sunki šio straipsnio tema, nes Janinos Degutytės atvejis atskleidžia tamsiąją motinystės pusę. Poetė vaikystėje buvo patyrusi skaudžią motinos nemeilę ir girtuoklystę. Degutytės santykio su motina atvejis yra išskirtinis ne tik patirtimi, bet, visų pirma, jos išsakymu.Straipsnyje susipina fenomenologinė antropologinė ir naratologinė prieigos. Abi kartu jos leidžia suprasti, kaip pasakojamas savas gyvenimas, jo skaudžiosios vietos ir kartu ka… Show more

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“…Šiuos svarbius galimo paprastų laiškų tyrimo aspektus straipsnyje iliustruosiu XX a. vidurio ir antros pusės lietuvių poetės Janinos Degutytės korespondencijos fragmentais 3 . Prie J. Degutytės laiškų rinkimo prisidėjo Aistė Birgerė, juos analizavo ir skelbė literatūrologė Jurgita Žana Raškevičiūtė (2010, o iki šiol tiria ir spaudai rengia literatūrologė ir antropologė Giedrė Šmitienė (2018aGiedrė Šmitienė ( , 2018bGiedrė Šmitienė ( , 2023. Šis straipsnis iš dalies rašomas siekiant palaikyti ir įtvirtinti tiek idėją, tiek metodologiją, kai laiškai tiriami kartu su kontekstine medžiaga, surinkta kruopščiai vadovaujantis antropologiniu tirštojo aprašymo metodu.…”

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Letter as Subject for Anthropological Research

Jonutytė

2024

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The article discusses the value and possible results of the anthropological research focusing on ordinary letters. An ordinary letter is considered in the article to be written primarily for maintaining a relationship with the addressee, rather than for solving specific problems in a certain field (even if that includes research, culture, art, business, or legal issues). The anthropological research of ordinary letters is valuable in that it reveals the less visible patterns of communication and cooperation. This analysis primarily displays the temporality of communication and togetherness, showing correspondence as a rhythmic bidirectional continuous process of different intensity; secondly, it highlights the composition of the momentary “I”, which depends on the relationship with the addressee and draws together episodes from different spaces and times; and finally, it discloses the constant negotiations with the proposed or imposed roles – these negotiations are most clearly visible in the ordinary letters and, at the same time, they clearly vary depending on the relationship maintained by the particular thread of correspondence. The article also uses theoretical insights by scholars researching the epistolary materials (Liz Stanley, Helen Dampier, Aistė Kučinskienė) and those by anthropologists and philosophers (William James, Maurice Blanchot, Judith Butler, Jens Brockmeier, Harold Garfinkel, Hanna Meretoja), including the classical theories of time, yet again reminding us of the heterogeneity of the time experience and human actions. The correspondence of the Lithuanian poet Janina Degutytė was chosen as a suitable example, since it most clearly reveals various aspects of the ordinary letters discussed in the article.

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2024

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Laiškai iš praeities: Justino Marcinkevičiaus laiškai mokytojai Genovaitei Andrašiūnienei

Bandoriūtė-Leikienė

2023

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Nowadays, the long-standing communication by letters has changed a lot. A couple of decades ago, writing letters to another city, country or simply to someone who lives further away was a completely normal activity. Today, paper letters are usually only documents or postcards. Thus, it is interesting and meaningful to study letters as a disappearing form of communication. Researching letters is interesting for representatives of various branches of science. Investigating ego documents, especially letters, gives us an opportunity to find out more about the past communication, sender and receiver of the letter and the general discourse of the researched period. Reading letters, especially letters written by famous public figures, is interesting not only for the scientists, but also for the regular readers. Furthermore, it justifies the taboo set by social norms – prohibited reading of stranger’s letters. The subject of this article are the letters of the Lithuanian poet Justinas Marcinkevičius to his teacher Andrašiūnienė, written in 1949–1961, after leaving Prienai to study at Vilnius University. Andrašiūnienė was a famous intelligent of Prienai district, a teacher of the Lithuanian language, who financially and morally supported her talented students, including famous poet Marcinkevičius and linguist Jonas Kazlauskas. The leads of the existence of these letters circulated among the people of Prienai for many years, until a few years ago they accidentally came into poet’s family hands (Marcinkevičius himself did not know about the existence of these letters). There are 44 letters of Marcinkevičius to teacher Andrašiūnienė, which were written while he was studying at Vilnius University. 43 letters are perfectly preserved, but one is no longer legible, because a third of the text is damaged. The research of the letters reveals a close relationship between young poet Marcinkevičius and his teacher: a son-mother relationship. Marcinkevičius’ choice to call the teacher mother, mommy, confirms the fact that he is missing for mother’s care and attention (he lost his real mother in his early adolescence). Andrašiūnienė was not only a financial supporter, guardian, but also the first critic of the young poet’s writing. This critique significantly formed poets’ personality. The young poet’s letters reveal his talent for writing: the texts are fluent and literary. Also, there are a lot of stories about his achievements and creative downfalls. Marcinkevičius is carefully writing about his negative position towards the ideology of the time. It is interesting to read letters where Marcinkevičius is arguing and getting angry with his teacher. These letters reveal the rebellious side of the poet, which is completely unexpected. The opportunity to look at Marcinkevičius’ youth by reading his letters deepens the knowledge of the change of the poet’s work and the formation of his personality.

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“Neither Am I Afraid of the Black.”The Relationship with the Mother in the Texts of Janina Degutytė

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Letter as Subject for Anthropological Research

Letter as Subject for Anthropological Research

Laiškai iš praeities: Justino Marcinkevičiaus laiškai mokytojai Genovaitei Andrašiūnienei

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