Axiological Motifs in Twentieth-Century Polish Poetry (Czesław Miłosz, Adam Zagajewski, Zbigniew Herbert) Cover Image
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Motywy aksjologiczne w poezji polskiej XX wieku (Miłosz, Zagajewski, Herbert)
Axiological Motifs in Twentieth-Century Polish Poetry (Czesław Miłosz, Adam Zagajewski, Zbigniew Herbert)

Author(s): Marek Bernacki
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Culture and social structure , Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: axiological aspect of poetry; axiological society; truth; peace; freedom; beauty
Summary/Abstract: The main subject of the following article is an analysis of a few important poems by the renowned contemporary Polish poets: Czesław Miłosz’s „My faithful speech” („Moja wierna mowo”) and „Oeconomia divina”, Adam Zagajewski’s „The Truth” („Prawda”), and Zbigniew Herbert’s „To Mark Aurelius” („Do Marka Aurelego”). The author of the article focuses on the axiological aspects of the above mentioned texts and concludes that the Polish poets living in the 1970s and 1980s have contributed to a discussion on the new shape of the post-communist Polish society, which, in their view, should be founded on such important ethical values, as truth, beauty, peace, and freedom.

  • Page Range: 161-175
  • Page Count: 15
  • Publication Year: 2017
  • Language: Polish