Literatura i żywioły
Literature and the elements
Contributor(s): Lucyna Nawarecka (Editor), Maria Janoszka (Editor)
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Polish Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: literature; elements; word; Romanticism
Summary/Abstract: The volume contains various approaches to the subject of the elements, starting from the traditionally understood elements of matter (water, fire, light), through metaphorical approaches which emphasize the spontaneity of a given phenomenon (e.g. bacchanalian or baroque features, polyglotism, memory), to the separate issue of the element of the word. Most of the chapters are focused on Romantic literature; however, the volume also includes texts which analyze contemporary literature in the context of the elements.
- E-ISBN-13: 978-83-226-4152-1
- Page Count: 404
- Publication Year: 2021
- Language: Polish
O kalamburach w arcydramacie Mickiewicza
O kalamburach w arcydramacie Mickiewicza
(On puns in Mickiewicz’s archdrama)
- Author(s):Jerzy Paszek
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Polish Literature, Philology
- Page Range:11-25
- No. of Pages:15
- Summary/Abstract:This text is a continuation of my considerations included in the essay “Puns in Pan Tadeusz” (jubilee book dedicated to Prof. Ireneusz Opacki entitled Fabric. Studies, sketches, interpretations, Katowice 2003). I describe not only the puns directly referenced by Senator Novosilcov, but also a variety of stylistic games, including chiasms, poetic etymologizing, homophones (such as “wietrzna” vs. “wieczna”), zeugmas, syllepses, polyptotons, onomatopoeic words (“brdem,” “dbrum,” etc.), alliterations, gigantism (the clash between the microcosm and the macrocosm), polysemous games based on French, German and Polish words, orthographic puns (like “nie ma” vs. “niema”), polysyllabic sound correspondences in rhyme (“from an open watering can” + “from an open pan”), homonyms (pary z kominów + domy szykowane w pary), rhyming parallelisms (“ciągano,” “trzepano,” “spadano,” “winszowano”). In short: I show a range of linguistic tricks belonging to phoneme-based games (i.e. phonostylistics).
Żywioł pieśni
Żywioł pieśni
(The element of songs)
- Author(s):Aleksander Nawarecki
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Polish Literature, Philology
- Page Range:26-36
- No. of Pages:11
- Summary/Abstract:The main problematic of this essay is understanding the title phrase – “the element of songs.” The starting point in this discussion is the Romantic aesthetic, and its tendency to combine art with the forces of nature, as well as the then popular category of the sublime. A deeper insight is provided by the entry “Song” in the Dictionary of Polish Literature of the 19th century, whose author, Marek Piechota, points to the elusiveness of the genre suspended between music and literature, as well as its turbulent history. The dictionary entry is complemented by a literal approach to the “element,” recalled in relationship between the Romantic song and the four basic elements of the cosmos (water, air, earth, fire).
Saudade, czyli kilka słów o tym, jak tłumaczyć nieprzetłumaczalne
Saudade, czyli kilka słów o tym, jak tłumaczyć nieprzetłumaczalne
(Saudade. Translating what cannot be translated)
- Author(s):Magdalena Bąk
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Polish Literature, Philology
- Page Range:37-48
- No. of Pages:12
- Summary/Abstract:Saudade is one of the keywords that characterize Portuguese culture. It is believed that no accurate translation of this term can be provided. The aim of the text is to analyze how contemporary Polish writers define saudade in various literary texts. They do not try to translate it, but their attempts to describe it prove that the emotion itself is familiar.
Między Saussure’em a późnym Wittgensteinem, czyli filozofia contra lingwistyka
Między Saussure’em a późnym Wittgensteinem, czyli filozofia contra lingwistyka
(Between de Saussure and late Wittgenstein, or philosophy vs. linguistics)
- Author(s):Dariusz Seweryn
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Polish Literature, Philology
- Page Range:49-61
- No. of Pages:13
- Summary/Abstract:In general, the artictle deals with the problem of the incompatibility of philosophical reflection on natural language with structural linguistics. This issue is treated as a manifestation of a more general process: regardless of the deepening discrepancy between the domain of “science” and the domain of the humanities, social sciences included, there is a growing tendency towards mutual separation between “disciplines” belonging to the broadly understood humanities. More specifically, the study proves that the foundations of de Saussure’s theory can be derived from the semantic distinction present in French, while Wittgenstein’s criticism, as expressed in the Philosophische Untersuchungen and levelled at the systemic approach to language, is conditioned by the lack of an analogous distinction in German.
Słowo poetyckie i słowo rapsodyczne. Wstęp do poetyki Karola Wojtyły (II)
Słowo poetyckie i słowo rapsodyczne. Wstęp do poetyki Karola Wojtyły (II)
(A Poetic Word and a Rhapsodic Word. An Introduction to Karol Wojtyła’s Poetics (II))
- Author(s):Marian Kisiel
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Polish Literature, Philology
- Page Range:62-73
- No. of Pages:12
- Summary/Abstract:This article focuses on the notion of the poetic word in Karol Wojtyła’s oeuvre. Derived from “a rhapsodic word,” the eponymous concept conjures up the tradition of Polish Romanticism: Słowacki, Mickiewicz, Norwid. Yet, it also refers to “committing one to the thought.” Having ascribed such awareness to his understanding of the poetic word, Wojtyła decides to subject his poetry to a monologue or meditation. As “transmission of thoughts,” meditation not only contributes to Christian and national values, but also makes it possible for us to perceive human beings and the world by means of philosophy and theology. The article is, therefore, dedicated to the subjectivity of poetry, which, devised in such a way, refers us back to René Descartes, as well as his followers and opponents.
W żywiole szukania „ja”. Refleksje wokół wiersza „Broń mnie przed sobą samym…” Adama Mickiewicza
W żywiole szukania „ja”. Refleksje wokół wiersza „Broń mnie przed sobą samym…” Adama Mickiewicza
(In the element of searching for the “I”. Reflections on the poem “Protect me from myself…” by Adam Mickiewicz)
- Author(s):Ewa Hoffmann-Piotrowska
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Polish Literature, Philology
- Page Range:77-90
- No. of Pages:14
- Summary/Abstract:This paper is an attempt to interpret Mickiewicz’s poem from the Roman-Dresden period. It is most often discussed as a fragment of a larger whole, a variant of the Great Improvisation or a surviving fragment of the poet’s devised continuation of his masterpiece. Researchers have extracted various meanings from it, most often looking for inspiration and references in the heterodox religious tradition. In this paper I propose to read this intriguing text from the perspective of Mickiewicz’s anthropological and theological reflections of the 1830s, his comprehensive reading of St. Augustine, Thomas à Kempis and the meditations of Thomas Aquinas. The poem is an intriguing and surprising testimony to the poet’s theological reflection. The problems of the hypostatic union or the divinity of Christ resound in the poem, and ultimately lead to the search for Meaning, which turns out to be the primary problem of the poem’s subject.
„Reduta Ordona. Opowiadanie adiutanta”. Okruchy lektury
„Reduta Ordona. Opowiadanie adiutanta”. Okruchy lektury
(“Ordon’s Redoubt. The Adjutant’s Tale”. Fragments of reading)
- Author(s):Bogusław Dopart
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Polish Literature, Philology
- Page Range:91-107
- No. of Pages:17
- Summary/Abstract:Ordon’s Redoubt. The Adjutant’s Tale is a battle poem based on the reality of Warsaw’s defense against Russian forces in September 1831. It is based on a story by Stefan Garczyński, a poet and officer who participated in the events as General Jan Nepomucen Umiński’s adjutant. The poem created one of the most important patriotic legends of the Romantic period: the heroic defense of the redoubt brings Warsaw Fortress into the realm of epic imagery and values, and Konstanty Juliusz Ordon, the artilleryman, becomes the personification of the fighting determination of the Polish soldierhood. A proper understanding of the work depends not only on taking into account the poetic tradition of battle studies, but also on a thorough knowledge of the battlefield realities and the course of events during the defense of the capital. Mickiewicz sets in motion various generic elements in the poem: epic, lyrical and dramatic. The combination of these factors shapes the work’s expression (a revival of soldiers’ experiences) and its ideological message, which closely matches the patriotic and historiosophical proclamations of the poets of the November Insurrection.
Jak Mickiewicz wywiódł żywioły. O stworzeniu romantyzmu w „Balladach i romansach”
Jak Mickiewicz wywiódł żywioły. O stworzeniu romantyzmu w „Balladach i romansach”
(How Mickiewicz brought out the elements. On the creation of Romanticism in „Ballads and Romances”)
- Author(s):Leszek Zwierzyński
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Polish Literature, Philology
- Page Range:108-119
- No. of Pages:12
- Summary/Abstract:The study identifies and describes a somewhat renewed set of themes in Mickiewicz’s ballads (love, death, evil, alienation). Within that scope, the essential features of the early Romantic world are defined. From these themes also emerges a new character of the Romantic life — one that is authentic and serious, sometimes even severe in its laws. The core that constitutes the new Romantic identity is the Romantic axiological framework — created for the first time in the ballads — for which the intensity of the world and the dynamism of the ballad plots provided social acceptance.
„Pan Tadeusz” z Onikszt? „Pan Tadeusz” z Jeżewa?
„Pan Tadeusz” z Onikszt? „Pan Tadeusz” z Jeżewa?
(“Master Thaddeus” from Onikshty? „Master Thaddeus” from Jeżew?)
- Author(s):Jarosław Mariusz Ławski
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Polish Literature, Philology
- Page Range:120-150
- No. of Pages:31
- Summary/Abstract:The author of this essay reflects on the extraordinary reception of the Poles’ national epic, Master Thaddeus by Adam Mickiewicz. Published in Paris, the poem has lived to see numerous imitations and sequels of both parodic and serious nature. Its echoes in Polish literature are collected in an anthology edited by Professor Andrzej Zakrzewski, entitled The Offspring of "Master Thaddeus". The author of the essay engages in a polemic with the presentation of the history of reception of the epic presented in the anthology. He shows that an important role in it was played by works referring to the cultural tradition of the Republic of Poland, consisting of the Crown and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Two 19th-century poems serve as examples: Anykščių šilelis (Thicket in Onikshty, 1861-1862) by the Bishop of Sejny Antoni Baranowski (in Lithuanian: Antanas Baranauskas), written in Lithuanian under the influence of Pan Tadeusz (Baranowski was a Polish poet as much as a Lithuanian one), and The Dream of a Loner. A Manorial Poem from 1887 by Zygmunt Gloger, in which the poet combines a dream of restoring the Old Polish universe with positivist postulates of reforming, renewing this world. On the example of both works, the author shows the political manipulation to which the heritage of the Republic of Poland has been subjected, inscribed in the nationalist narrative, in the ideology of the state, or re-created as part of trans- and post-national utopias created by scholars of regional literature.
Elegia na śmierć idylli. Żywioł metapoezji w twórczości Juliusza Słowackiego (uwagi o poemacie „W Szwajcarii”)
Elegia na śmierć idylli. Żywioł metapoezji w twórczości Juliusza Słowackiego (uwagi o poemacie „W Szwajcarii”)
(An elegy on the death of the pastoral. The metapoetic thread in Juliusz Słowacki’s writings (remarks on the poem „In Switzerland”))
- Author(s):Agnieszka Ziołowicz
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Polish Literature, Philology
- Page Range:151-169
- No. of Pages:19
- Summary/Abstract:The article concerns the metapoetic thread in Juliusz Słowacki’s poem In Switzerland. This issue is considered in the context of the author’s travel experience (expedition to the Alps in 1834), as well as the aesthetic thought of Friedrich Schiller and the classical philosophy of beauty by Plato and Plotinus. The issues of the subject of the work come to the fore (autobiographical allusions, poetic activities, selected aspects of internal life and the human condition), as well as its way of perceiving the Alpine landscape through the prism of the oppositions: pastoral ‒ elegiac, naive poetry ‒ sentimental poetry, which is an aesthetic dominant of the work, a cognitive schema to which Słowacki intentionally refers. In the light of detailed analyses, the poem In Switzerland turns out to be a work about the sources and mechanisms of creativity, a multi-faceted self-presentation of the Romantic creative self. The culmination of this process is the creation of the poet’s personal myth as Endymion, which finds an analogy in the works of John Keats.
„Dwubarwny światła […] promień”, czyli o barokowych żywiołach w romantycznym świecie „Lambra”
„Dwubarwny światła […] promień”, czyli o barokowych żywiołach w romantycznym świecie „Lambra”
(“Two-coloured ray of light”, or the baroque aesthetic in Juliusz Słowacki’s „Lambro”)
- Author(s):Karolina Kaiser
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Polish Literature, Philology
- Page Range:170-195
- No. of Pages:26
- Summary/Abstract:The guiding principle of the study consists in tracing the signs of baroqueness understood as a set of literary techniques derived from 17th century imagery. Such elemental baroqueness has pervaded the entirety of Juliusz Słowacki’s work even since his earliest poetic attempts, which are first freed from any Byronic or sentimental influences in his verse novel Lambro, written after the November Uprising. One’s attention is drawn to picturesque portrayals with sparse use of colour and contrasting lighting effects emphasizing the vertical axis of the word-painted image. What comes to the foreground is the consistently repeated visual antithesis of clear radiance and misty twilight; its associated meaning remains constant throughout the piece. Consistency in the use of colour integrated into an antithesis – a device undoubtedly appreciated in the Baroque period – and assignment thereto of contradictory meanings enables the creation of a dynamic space within the novel, one which is based on conflicting values (both sensual and semantic), but also subject to intense theatralization – a Baroque space, which, once identified, transforms into an interpretative key for the analyzed work.
Żywioł światła w twórczości Juliusza Słowackiego
Żywioł światła w twórczości Juliusza Słowackiego
(The element of light in Juliusz Słowacki’s writings)
- Author(s):Lucyna Nawarecka
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Polish Literature, Philology
- Page Range:196-201
- No. of Pages:6
- Summary/Abstract:The article analyzes selected examples of an eruption of the element of light in the works of Juliusz Słowacki. Already his first poem “The Moon” reveals the fascination with light. In Słowacki’s later works one can observe how often the poet depicts the rays of light flickering in crystals, precious Stones and gold. In Beniowski, adorned with “fireworks,” these images also constitute the poem’s ironic dimension. In the mystical period, in turn, the light completely embraces the whole universe.
Debiut romantyka: Józef Bohdan Zaleski
Debiut romantyka: Józef Bohdan Zaleski
(A Romanticist’s debut – Józef Bohdan Zaleski)
- Author(s):Henryk Gradkowski
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Polish Literature, Philology
- Page Range:202-215
- No. of Pages:14
- Summary/Abstract:The article discusses the most important facts concerning Józef Bohdan Zaleski’s childhood and youth, accentuating his part in the November Uprising along with his creative interests rooted in his regional identity. The author enumerates the poet’s first literary attempts, subsequently quoting, analyzing and interpreting some of them. The study recalls also literary criticism of the debuting writer’s works, including especially Maurycy Mochnacki’s comments. Some extra attention is devoted to Adam Mickiewicz’s patronage, i.e. his enthusiastic opinions concerning the worth of Zaleski’s poetry, which the author of Pan Tadeusz expressed during his lectures in Paris. The aim of the article is to remind the public of the forgotten poet who used to be famous and who, along with Antoni Malczewski and Seweryn Goszczewski, was one of the greatest creators of the so called Ukrainian trend in Polish Romanticism.
Literacka magia żywiołu. Oblicza ognia i wody w „Sobótce” Seweryna Goszczyńskiego
Literacka magia żywiołu. Oblicza ognia i wody w „Sobótce” Seweryna Goszczyńskiego
(Literary magic of the element. Faces of fire and water in „Midsummer Eve” by Seweryn Goszczyński)
- Author(s):Agnieszka Suchy
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Polish Literature, Philology
- Page Range:216-227
- No. of Pages:12
- Summary/Abstract:The aim of this paper is to analyze the ways of picturing selected elements in Seweryn Goszczyński’s Midsummer Eve. In the first part of the article, the author introduces Goszczyński’s inspirations based on Romantic tendencies, including an interest in the Tatra Mountains and folklore. Subsequently, she focuses on the imagery of fire and water in Midsummer Eve, referring to pre-Christian beliefs and folk tradition. Moreover, the author describes the elements of Slavic demonology and draws attention to the interpenetration of two worlds in the discussed text: the Christian and the pre-Christian. In the paper, the game of contrasts is also exposed. The author notes Goszczyński’s ability to combine seamlessly elements representing different cultures and embed the discussed topic in folk symbolism.
Żywioł XIX-wiecznego naśladowania
Żywioł XIX-wiecznego naśladowania
(On “the element of mimesis” in 19th-century literature)
- Author(s):Wiesław Rzońca
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Polish Literature, Philology
- Page Range:228-246
- No. of Pages:19
- Summary/Abstract:The article is an attempt to trace the way in which in the literature of the nineteenth century, emotionality as well as the category of the Absolute Spirit were artistically expressed and which subsequently gave way to a returning interest in the Greek principles of imitation. The author calls this tendency “the element of mimesis” and justifies it with the use of the artistic work of Cyprian Norwid, referring also to interesting studies on this issue in the contemporary literature on the subject.
O żywiole romantyzmu w „Ale z naszymi umarłymi” Jacka Dehnela
O żywiole romantyzmu w „Ale z naszymi umarłymi” Jacka Dehnela
(On romantic elements in Jacek Dehnel’s „But With Our Dead”)
- Author(s):Lidia Romaniszyn-Ziomek
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Polish Literature, Philology
- Page Range:247-256
- No. of Pages:10
- Summary/Abstract:In the essay, I explore a recently published Polish novel, But With Our Dead by Jacek Dehnel, in the context of Romanticism. The novel can be construed as part of a long debate about the presence of Romanticism in contemporary Polish literature and culture. It explores the most recognizable Romantic ideas existent in the present socio-cultural context. Also, it does not steer clear of the less obvious tropes associated with Romanticism, like frenzy or irony.
Słowa przydrożne, czyli o greckich inskrypcjach nagrobnych
Słowa przydrożne, czyli o greckich inskrypcjach nagrobnych
(Roadside words, or on Greek funeral inscriptions)
- Author(s):Anna Szczepaniak
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Polish Literature, Philology
- Page Range:259-274
- No. of Pages:16
- Summary/Abstract:The author discusses Greek funeral inscriptions written in a form of a dialogue with a passer-by.
Poetyckie odsłony żywiołu bachicznego w „Erotykach” Franciszka Dionizego Kniaźnina
Poetyckie odsłony żywiołu bachicznego w „Erotykach” Franciszka Dionizego Kniaźnina
(Poetic scenes of the bacchic element in „Erotic Poems” by Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin)
- Author(s):Bożena Mazurkowa
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Polish Literature, Philology
- Page Range:275-302
- No. of Pages:28
- Summary/Abstract:The author situates the topic discussed in the paper in the context of scholars’ remarks concerning literary testimonies of the native festive culture, particularly the love of alcohol. She shows the theme presented in the title as a cultural and folk phenomenon interestingly articulated in numerous lyrical variants, which in the festive scenery is connected with music, singing, dance, and furthermore is the source of creative powers. The author presents this issue primarily as an important element of the artistic shaping of Kniaznin’s early lyric poetry. The ways in which the theme of drinking alcohol manifests itself in Erotic Poems (1779) enables us to observe that related elements of imagery, considered together with creative inspirations from foreign cultures (primarily ancient and modern European), were subject to adaptation and acquired native features due to the influence of culture and manners common for Polish-Lithuanian nobility, as well as thanks to the combination of these references with biographical allusions and current affairs of that time (places and people).
W żywiole obcego słowa. Poliglotyzm i jego implikacje w świetle „Podróży” Jana Potockiego
W żywiole obcego słowa. Poliglotyzm i jego implikacje w świetle „Podróży” Jana Potockiego
(In the element of a foreign word. Polyglotism and its implications in the light of Jan Potocki’s „Voyages”)
- Author(s):Maria Janoszka
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Polish Literature, Philology
- Page Range:303-319
- No. of Pages:17
- Summary/Abstract:This article dwells on Jan Potocki’s polyglotism and his remarks included in his Voyages on the interlingual and intercultural dialogue, translation as well as the possibility of understanding foreign cultures. Born in a Polish aristocratic family, raised in a French-speaking environment, an excellent example of 18th-century cosmopolitan and a savant with an insatiable desire for knowledge, Potocki seems to live in multiple cultures and times at once, using his speaking skills and vast erudition as means to a better cognizance of foreign civilizations (European as well as Eastern), their history and everyday existence. He also reflects upon the conditions facilitating communication between varied languages and traditions (not to mention epochs), as well as the alienation or a sense of non-familiarity experienced by a voyager not only in contact with radical otherness but sometimes also in the surroundings seemingly well-known, yet profoundly changed in times of revolution.
Żywioły poezji polskiej w latach 1930–1939
Żywioły poezji polskiej w latach 1930–1939
(Classical elements in Polish poetry between 1930 and 1939)
- Author(s):Teresa Wilkoń
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Polish Literature, Philology
- Page Range:320-330
- No. of Pages:11
- Summary/Abstract:Poetry by the writers of Generation 1910 was poetry aware of its possibilities, its nature and the function of its devices, but also – through imagination – poetry evoking the world of cosmic, concealed, secret and unknown things. Its language opened a world of phenomena and real things, and at the same time, an inner world of metaphysical and ethical experiences. The poets of the “Generation 1910” group could access possibilities other than those open to their predecessors: on the one hand, there was frequent reference to classical poetics and style, and on the other, to the poetic experiences of the Kraków avant-garde and the futurists (in the style of Adam Ważyk, Anatol Stern and Bruno Jasieński). When it comes to language, substantial changes were implemented among this group. Here, we can mention strong oppositions: the language of lyrics – the language of prose, the language of classicist poetry – the language of avant-garde poetry; echoes of the styles and artistic trends of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, such as: symbolism, expressionism, impressionism (Stanisław Wyspiański, Bolesław Leśmian) were also present. The ambiguity of certain words and phrases (and even whole sentences) in different contexts allowed a text to be interpreted in multiple ways and opened a way for a variety of meanings, often unclear and enigmatic to the poets themselves. Classical elements played a significant role among those components of semantics.
Żywioły przeszłości w kustodii pamięci. Uobecnianie odeszłego i przemilczanego
Żywioły przeszłości w kustodii pamięci. Uobecnianie odeszłego i przemilczanego
(Elements of the past in the custody of memory. Making present what is silenced and gone)
- Author(s):Jan Malicki
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Polish Literature, Philology
- Page Range:331-339
- No. of Pages:9
- Summary/Abstract:War crimes leave an indelible mark in the memory of their witnesses, but, at the same time, they come to define their post-war existence. Securely locked in memory, they often remain untold. When materialised, they may take one of the three forms: a historical source document; a memory of the witness, and a focused literary image. These three areas create a specific custody of the past, of the memory of war times. The inhabitants of this already destroyed world find themselves in the worst situation, as they are forced to live and create their reality anew. This was what happened in the space between Lvov in 1941 and Katowice in 1945: the epic quality of the human existence.
Asz o (bez)sensie ofiary w historii. Rekonesans
Asz o (bez)sensie ofiary w historii. Rekonesans
(Asch on the nonsense of sacrifice in history (a preliminary study))
- Author(s):Andrzej Fabianowski
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Polish Literature, Philology
- Page Range:340-348
- No. of Pages:9
- Summary/Abstract:In the works of Sholem Asch, which have been written almost exclusively in Yiddish, we can observe numerous literary and cultural examples of the influence coming from the Western European and Polish tradition, the assimilation of Romantic and realist discourse, as well as Parnassianism and the cult of beauty, characteristic of modernism. In the historical narratives (Kiddush Hashem, The Witch of Castile, The Man from Nazareth), Asch reflects on the meaning of history and its cruelty in the perspective of the theological meaning of sacrifice. He asks whether the sacrifice made by an individual or a nation has real redemptive potential, whether it restores the lost bond between man and God. The writer answers this question in the negative. Only beauty has the power to save the divine element on earth. Beauty as a human product sanctifies God, the other way round.
„Zapisać się wierszem na śmierć”. Poezja Jana Pawła Krasnodębskiego w żywiołach egzystencji
„Zapisać się wierszem na śmierć”. Poezja Jana Pawła Krasnodębskiego w żywiołach egzystencji
(“To poeticize oneself to death.” The poetry of Jan Paweł Krasnodębski in existential elements)
- Author(s):Paweł Majerski
- Language:Polish
- Subject(s):Polish Literature, Philology
- Page Range:349-381
- No. of Pages:33
- Summary/Abstract:The author of the study is interested in the work of Jan Paweł Krasnodębski, which for years has been created in the border zones of life and literature, facts and auto-creative games, facing the elements of a “torn” existence. The scope of the study includes, first of all, poetic records from all the volumes published so far, but they are subjected to a reading that does not give up narrative statements (novels and journals, often depriving us of comfortable participation in their realistic immediacy). Krasnodębski’s literary forms constitute a record of not only successive acts of self-immolation, self-destruction, but also stages of rebuilding the mental structure and effective self-defence. The presented analyses are aimed at verifying the image of a “monochrome” writer preserved in texts that still process and thematically model the same image of the elements of existence, trying – in the art. of words woven with strong threads of biography – to simply “bear witness.”
