Književnopovijesni modus procedendi Julija Benešića u zbirci Poljska lirika

Tijekom cijeloga svojega filoloskoga vijeka Julije Benesić prevodio je sustavno dvije vrste tekstova: remek-djela kanonskih poljskih pisaca (nad kojima je radio godinama i stalno ih prepravljao), smatrajući to svojim najvaźnijim knjiżevnim i kulturno- posrednickim poslom, no preveo je i niz kraćih djela, u hrvatskoj sredini slabije poznatih autora, kojima se bavio iz polonofilskoga nagnuća. U prevoditeljskom opusu posebno mjesto ima Poljska lirika, hrestomatija pet stoljeća poljske knjizevnosti, pothvat kojim je ujedinio i ostvario sve prevodilacke ciljeve, komunikacijske, pragmaticne, estetske i spo- znajne. Uza predgovor u zbirci, za razumijevanje Beneśićeva pogleda na povijest poljske knjiżevnosti vażni su i njegovi clanci u danas raritetnoj zbirci Danasnja Poljska, napose Poljska knjizevnost u borbi za slobodu i Slavenska ideja u Poljaka, te clanak Nacionalizam i patriotizam u knjizevnosti. Polazeći od pretpostavke da se ne może precijeniti vażnost Beneśićeve uloge u hrvatsko-poljskim vezama, pokuśat će se donijeti zakljucak, na temelju navedenih tekstova, u kojoj je mjeri Beneśićev prevoditeljski izbor i povjesnicarski posao u kulturnom posredovanju uspio, odnosno je li korespondirao s temama vażnima za hrvatsko knjiżevno i druśtveno okrużenje, i njegova, meduratnoga, i naśega doba.

During his entire work in philology Julije Beneśić had systematically translated two types of texts: masterpieces of canonical Polish authors (on which he had worked for years, constantly rewriting them), considering them to be his most important work as an author and as a cultural mediator, however he also translated a series of shorter works of authors who were not famous in Croatia, which he undertook out of his polo- nophilic tendencies. In his work as a translator, Polish Lyricism, a chrestomathy spanning five centuries of Polish literature, holds a special place. It is an undertaking that united and achieved all translational goals, communicative, pragmatic, aesthetic and cognitive. Along with the preface to this collection, for a better understanding of Beneśics view on the history of Polish literature, his articles in a hard-to-find collection Poland Today are also important, especially Polish Literature in the Struggle for Freedom and Slavic Idea among the Poles, as well as the article Nationalism and Patriotism in Literature. Starting with the assumption that Beneśics role in Croatian-Polish connections cannot be overestimated, we will try to come to a conclusion, based on the aforementioned texts, to what extent were Beneśić’s choice as a translator and his work as a historian successful, i.e. did they correspond with topics important to the entire croatian literary and social environment of his, interwar, period, as well as our own period.