Fenomen romantycznego cyklu lirycznego. O wyznacznikach cykliczności na przykładzie Sonetów krymskich, Vad e - m ecum i Kwiatów zła
The phenomenon of the romantic lyrical cycle. On determinants of cyclicality – The Crimean Sonnets, Vade-mecum and Les Fleurs du mal

Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on the determinants of cyclicality characterising the lyrical cyclein general and, in particular, romantic cycles, which are all marked by the motif of theroad but also by the “suggestion of autobiographic nature”. Examples used to illustrate theanalysis comprise works by Adam Mickiewicz (The Crimean Sonnets), Cyprian Norwid (Vade-mecum) and Charles Baudelaire (Les Fleurs du mal). Although so different in theirthought and imagery layers, they are linked by the topos of wandering, which representsan interpretation of human condition. The analysis places emphasis on such elementsthat could indicate cyclicality and influence cohesion of the entire cycle as: dedication,motto, numbering of the poems (sometimes disregarding the first poem treated as theprologue), the work’s title and the title of a series of texts in that work (which may or maynot have their own, separate titles), genre (e.g. sonnet), composition framework, mini-cycles(sub-cycles), “cyclic bundles” (e.g. pillar-poems separating mini-cycles), central group,supreme subject and supreme recipient of the cycle (which are not equivalent to thespecific subject and recipient of an individual poem). Moreover, the presentation attemptsto define the type of cyclic setup presented by the selected works of Mickiewicz, Norwidand Baudelaire depending on the level of cohesion of the cycle structure and autonomousnature of the links that form it.

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