Z elégií Štefana Strážaya
From the elegies of Štefan Strážaj

Author(s): Matúš Mikšík
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Slovak Literature
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Štefan Strážay; elegy; interpretation of a poem; Slovak poetry;
Summary/Abstract: In my paper I focus on selected poems of Štefan Strážay, which are analysed in regard to their (a)typical relations with the genre of elegy. First I outline the theoretical basis of the paper while stating that the main idea on which a classical elegy is formed I consider to be the verbalization of the feeling of loss through a lyrical form. Then I consider the way in which this moment is reflected in the poems of Štefan Strážay—I consider his work to be heavily influenced by elegy. Out of the whole collection of Strážay’s poems in my paper I focus on poem Elégia (Elegy) from collection of poems Igram (the name of Strážay’s home village, 1975), poem Za riekou (Beyond the river) from Malinovského 96 (the address on which Strážay lived in Bratislava, 1985) and two fragments of Zápisník (Notepad) from collection Elégia (Elegy, 1989). The aim of the paper is to comment on how the genre of elegy and its components are reflected upon in the work of one of the most important Slovak poets of the second half of 20th century, Štefan Strážay.

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