Will Miron settle down? On the process of self-re(dis)covery in Miron Białoszewski’s "Leżenia" ["The Lyings"] Cover Image

Czy „Miron się ułoży”? O dochodzeniu do siebie w "Leżeniach" Mirona Białoszewskiego
Will Miron settle down? On the process of self-re(dis)covery in Miron Białoszewski’s "Leżenia" ["The Lyings"]

Author(s): Alicja Smaruj
Subject(s): Polish Literature
Published by: Wydział Filologiczny Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego
Keywords: Miron Białoszewski; lying; subjectivity; self; body;

Summary/Abstract: The author of this article attempts to interpret Miron Białoszewski’s poems wywód jestem’u, leżenia, głowienie, roztopienie się we mnie cytatu, mironczarnia, “[leży po mnie w rozbetach w kapie]”, and mylne wzruszenie from the poetic cycle Leżenia from the book Mylne wzruszenia. The author examines how the (autobiographical) subject manifests itself in these poems. She states that the category of self, as described by Roma Sendyka in From the culture of the I to the culture of the self, is more adequate here than the concept of Cartesian ego, and emphasizes its corporeal and relational nature.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 26-35
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish