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Five Instances of Punctum in Ryszard Krynicki’s Spectral Poems

Author(s): Iwona Misiak
Subject(s): Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Poetry, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: spectres; poems/non-poems; non-places; point; breaking of style

Summary/Abstract: Analysed through concepts from Jacques Derrida’s hauntology, Mark Augé’s notion of the non-place, as well as Helen Vendler’s notion of the breaking of style, Ryszard Krynicki’s poems reveal points where space and time are punctured/torn. Misiak presents five instances of punctum that open up transitions between being and non-being in Krynicki’s work. The discussion touches on the paradoxical presence of spectres, the status of haunted poems/non-poems, the heterogenous subject, silence and the causes of breaks in style.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 272-293
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish