Beyond Category. Non-normative Eroticism in Krzysztof Boczkowski’s Lyric Poetry Cover Image

Poza kategoriami. Nienormatywna erotyka w liryce Krzysztofa Boczkowskiego
Beyond Category. Non-normative Eroticism in Krzysztof Boczkowski’s Lyric Poetry

Author(s): Wojciech Śmieja
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Krzysztof Boczkowski; Krzysztof Boczkowski’s lyrical creativity

Summary/Abstract: The article aims to capture the modes of homoerotic desire expressions in Krzysztof Boczkowski’s lyrical creativity. The author of the sketch distinguishes three levels on which homoeroticism proves traceable. The first one is voyeuristic, the second one concerns a modernistic tradition of expression desire, while the third one is referred to as man-to-man – intimate-philosophical. In conclusion Śmieja notices that Boczkowski’s creativity escapes from the so-far attempts to describe Polish “homosexual literature” by including homoeroticism into a network of meanings totally different from that of the creativity by poets and writers regarded as representatives of “homosexual trend” in contemporary Polish literature. Portrayal of the network is the purpose set by the author of the sketch.