TY - JOUR N2 - This article attempts to follow the dynamic process of body communication between the characters of Juliusz Słowacki's Samuel Zborowski (1845, published 1903). An analysis of some passages at the beginning of the drama and in the penultimate act indicates that in the world of the drama the body functions as a medium and body language is at least as important as the spoken word; or, to be more precise, the two types of communication complement one another. In the encounter between Eolion and the Maiden the bodies act as repositories of spiritual memory (a key idea of Słowacki's Genesian philosophy) and can trigger the process of anamnesis, which combines elements of heterosexual eroticism and the affective touch of physical interaction. Moreover, the ensuing scene of judgment hints at a nostalgic relationship between the spirit and the body, the latter acting as a guarantor of a coherent identity, though to some extent undermined by the new model of polyphonic identity. Finally, these scenes are analyzed from the point of view of the performative-persuasive functions of the body. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/114775/PDF/2019-06-LITR-01-Zaglewska.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/114775 PY - 2019 IS - No 6 (357) EP - 612 DO - 10.24425/rl.2019.131392 KW - Literature of Polish Romanticism KW - Romantic drama KW - performativity KW - the body and body language KW - communication KW - eroticism KW - spiritual memory KW - Juliusz Słowacki (1809– 1849) A1 - Żaglewska, Agata PB - Polska Akademia Nauk Oddział w Krakowie Komisja Historycznoliteracka PB - Uniwersytet Jagielloński Wydział Polonistyki DA - 2020.07.23 T1 - The body – action – communication: Juliusz Słowacki's “Samuel Zborowski” SP - 589 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/114775 T2 - Ruch Literacki ER -