Tajemnica, poezja, anagramy

Abstract

The text is devoted to the presence of mystery in poetry and its possibility to be caught by literature theoreticians. The starting point is etymology of word “mystery”, which in many Slavic languages (and also Indo-Europeans) is associated with theft. The author considers “thievish” or “dark” understanding of mystery, which is close to Plato’s interpretations of poetry. He recalls the conception of Karl Kerényi, Gaston Bachelard and Ferdynand de Saussure, namely the anagram theory. However, in the spotlight one can find academic statements, critical and poetical of two particularly “mysterious” contemporary Polish writers: Jarosław Marek Rymkiewicz and Justyna Bargielska.