Ireneusz Opacki

Ireneusz Opacki
Born(1933-08-05)5 August 1933
Chortkiv
Died9 July 2005(2005-07-09) (aged 71)
Katowice
CitizenshipPolish
OccupationLiterary historian
Academic background
Alma materCatholic University of Lublin
Kazimierz Wyka

Ireneusz Opacki (5 August 1933 – 9 July 2005) was a literary historian, professor at the University of Silesia.[1][2][3]

Biography

He was born in 1933 in Chortkiv;[1][2][3] the son of Józef Opacki and Helena née Jurasek.[1][3][4] He attended gymnasium and high school in Gliwice.[1][3][4] He began his studies at the Silesian University of Technology, but interrupted them after a year.[2][4] From 1953, he studied Polish studies at the Catholic University of Lublin (KUL), graduating in 1958.[1] His master's thesis was supervised by Czesław Zgorzelski.[2]

In 1966 he obtained his doctorate at the Jagiellonian University upon dissertation O przenikaniu się konwencji gatunkowych w poezji (On the Interpenetration of Genre Conventions in Poetry) supervised by Kazimierz Wyka.[1] In 1972 he obtained habilitation at the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences.[1] From 1981 to 1982 he was a vice-rector of the University of Silesia.[1] From 1987 to 1990 he was the dean of the Faculty of Radio and Television at the University of Silesia.[1]

He supervised more than thirty doctoral dissertations.[2] His students included Leonard Neuger.[5]

His remainings were buried at the Cemetery of the Parish of St. Barbara at Gen. Andersa Street in Sosnowiec.[1][4]

Works

  • Ewolucje balladowej opowieści. Zagadnienie narratora i narracji w balladzie lat 1822–1920. 1961.
  • Poezja romantycznych przełomów. Szkice. 1972.
  • Ruch konwencji. Szkice o poezji romantycznej. 1975. Co-authored with Anna Opacka.
  • Poetyckie dialogi z kontekstem. Szkice o poezji XX wieku. 1979.
  • Lechoń i polskie mity. 1993.
  • W środku niebokręga. Poezja romantycznych przełomów. 1995.
  • Król-Duch, Herostrates i codzienność. Szkice. 1997.
  • Odwrócona elegia. O przenikaniu się postaci gatunkowych w poezji. 1999.

Accolades

Commemoration

In 2006, Institute of Polish Literature at the Faculty of Philology of the University of Silesia was named after him.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Zawadzka, Joanna; Marzęcka, Barbara. "Opacki Ireneusz". pisarzeibadacze.ibl.edu.pl. Archived from the original on 16 February 2026. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Nawarecki, Aleksander (2006). "Ireneusz Opacki (5 sierpnia 1933 – 9 lipca 2005)" (PDF). Pamiętnik Literacki (1): 269–275. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 June 2026. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Piotrowiak, Jan. "Prof. zw. dr hab. Ireneusz Opacki". inolp.us.edu.pl. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kasprowska-Jarczyk, Marta (2022). "Ireneusz Opacki". leksykonkresowian.instytutslaski.pl. Archived from the original on 11 October 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  5. ↑ Neuger, Leonard. "Ireneusz Opacki: Regiony marzeń i spełnień". gazeta.us.edu.pl. Archived from the original on 15 March 2026.
  6. ↑ "Zmarł wybitny literaturoznawca prof. Ireneusz Opacki". wiadomosci.wp.pl. 11 July 2005. Archived from the original on 10 June 2026. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  7. ↑ "Prof. Ireneusz Opacki". us.edu.pl. Archived from the original on 11 March 2026. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  8. ↑ Szumiec, Bogusława (26 February 2006). "Prof. Opacki patronem Instytutu Nauk o Literaturze Polskiej UŚ". naukawpolsce.pl. Archived from the original on 1 January 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
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