Abstrakt: | The book contains the interpretations of Polish poetry, including the
analyses of the poetic works of such writers as: Jerzy Żuławski, Leopold
Staff, Czeslaw Milosz, Jarosław Marek Rymkiewicz, Stanisław Barańczak,
Adam Zagajewski and Marcin Swietlicki. Introduction displays different
artistic representations of an arabesque, namely a decorative ornament
known from the Islamic countries, a romantic literary genre, a musical
form and a dancing position. The author understands a detailed composition
of an arabesque as a metaphor for the structure of a text; precisely,
it is a canvas which consists of the intersecting ‘code-threads’ that eventually
shape a creative form. Finally, an arabesque turns out to be a model
of reading and interpreting literature.
The book consists of three main parts. In the first part of the paper, the
analyses of the lyrical forms of expression are presented, namely a cascade
(Jerzy Żuławski), an arabesque (Adam Zagajewski) and a villanelle
(Stanisław Barańczak). The second part of the book examines the relations
between poetry and the literary tradition. Chapter II investigates
the intersections of different traditions in context of the contemporary
poetry, that is connections, adaptations, reinterpretations and transformations.
The last part of the book considers an encounter with the Other
understood as both the Other as a fellow-townsman and the other: a critic,
a literary theorist, a writer, a Great Precursor. These three issues are
connected in a common yearn for interpretation, emphasis on a single
poem and focus on poetics. |