Poetic Politicality? Some Remarks on Versification as a Form of Communication in Left-Wing Poetry Cover Image

Polityczność wiersza? Kilka słów o wersyfikacji jako formie komunikacji w poezji zaangażowanej lewicowo
Poetic Politicality? Some Remarks on Versification as a Form of Communication in Left-Wing Poetry

Author(s): Arkadiusz Sylwester Mastalski
Subject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: politically engaged poety; versification; poetics

Summary/Abstract: This text presents some reflections on the the prosodic nature (versification) of the poems written by the young polish poets and poetess representing left-winged politically engaged poetry movement (Góra, Kopyt, Pietrek, Zydel, Freiheit and others) presented in the context of the debate on the importance of poetic form “Forms of Engagement”, which took place in 2016. By contrasting two different modes of writing an understanding the (so called) poetics function, it shows two entirely odd approaches to applicate the art of verse for a political purposes in the young polish literature.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 36
  • Page Range: 85-108
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Polish
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