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Ontologia nienowoczesności w poezji Piotra Szewca
Ontology of Non-modernity in Piotr Szewc’s Poetry

Author(s): Marta Tomczok
Subject(s): Theory of Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: nienowoczesność;wieś;ontologia;ptaki;przeszłość;teraźniejszość

Summary/Abstract: Referring to the theories of Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Bruno Latour and Nurit Bird-David, theauthor attempts to prove that Piotr Szewc’s poetry is accompanied by a concept that questionsthe logic of the modern world based on technical progress and an isolated, egocentricsubject. The aforementioned concept is an ontology of the non-modern. It is directly inspiredby Latour’s concept of nonmodernity (amodernity), supported by a reflection on the new animismof Bird-David. The analysis includes four poetry volumes, published between 2006 and2017, and a selection of poems by Szewc from 2019.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 6-17
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish
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