Leśmian’s Oikos. Reflections on the Margin of the Poem *** Mrok na schodach. Pustka w domu... Cover Image

Leśmianowska nauka o domu. Rozważania na marginesie wiersza *** Mrok na schodach. Pustka w domu...
Leśmian’s Oikos. Reflections on the Margin of the Poem *** Mrok na schodach. Pustka w domu...

Author(s): Magdalena Kokoszka
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Poetry, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: oikos; home; emptiness; alienation; Bolesław Leśmian

Summary/Abstract: The article interprets Leśmian’s poetic figure of home. It indicates emptiness, the sense of mourning after losing oneself, but paradoxically it also denotes renewal of life energy and the source of vitality. Here the lexical items such as “strangeness”, “alienation” and “emptiness” interact to form the fundamental concept of home. The author investigates the tensions between the contradictory states of existential uncertainty and the desire to be “at home” and to belong somewhere. Finally, Leśmian’s works illustrate the conviction that in this destabilized world it is through relating to others that we find stability, if only temporarily.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 09
  • Page Range: 83-93
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish