„Teatr mój łojówką złoty [...]”. Światło jako element pozasłownej ekspresji w dziełach dramatycznych Juliusza Słowackiego

This article focuses on the notion of light in chosen dramatic works of Juliusz Słowacki – oneof the most well-known Polish Romantics. The analysis of his literary legacy confirms that he perceivedbrightness not only as a motif, but also as a – purposefully used – theatrical sign. Drama asa literary genre also gave Słowacki a possibility to freely combine tradition and conventions fromthe fields of literature, aesthetics and philosophy, and to include descriptive passages and philosophicalreflections in his writings, which was often the case with his works from the 1840s.