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Writen and Spoken Word in Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna’s Poetry

Summary/Abstract: The article offers a new understanding of Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna’s poetry in the context of Hans Urlich Gumbrecht’s theory of clash of two cultures: the culture of presence and the culture of meaning, and of the philosopher’s corresponding concepts of discursive formations: oral and written. The author presents the juxtaposition of orality and literacy, typical of modernism, immersed in the technology of printing and the postulate of universal literacy, which significantly influenced the meaning and sound values of Iłłakowiczówna’s poetry. At the same time, as the article demonstrates, the desire for presence and the means of expression associated with it make the poet’s work original and unique.

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