A phenomenon in а “dead mirror". The poetry o f Iosif Brodski as seen in the evolution of European art. Cover Image

Fenomen w "martwym lustrze" : poezja Josifa Brodskiego w kontekście ewolucji sztuki europejskiej
A phenomenon in а “dead mirror". The poetry o f Iosif Brodski as seen in the evolution of European art.

Author(s): Ewa Nikadem-Malinowska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Russian Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie

Summary/Abstract: The presence of the ancient Greek culture as a source of ethics and aesthetics in the life of a contemporary European is norm. The European art, including literature, has drawn inspiration from Greece for so many centuries now. Joseph Brodsky felt its during his successure stay in Venice. His entire artistic road consists in analyzing and synthesizing particular centuries of art, great painters, musicians, poets and philosophers. The cultural heritage passed on to him constitu­ tes our common good. The evolution of the European art shows what kind of path each artist, aware of his/her origin and abilities, followed. The tendency to generalize, to think abstractively, expressing itself in phenomenologizing the elements of reality, grew and strengthened along with the thought that led the poet to peaks of philosophy and artistry. To be able to verbalize this thought, reflected in a „dead mirror” is given to few.

  • Issue Year: 2004
  • Issue No: IX
  • Page Range: 97-119
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish