WIERSZ JAKO FORMA OPORU (GALINA RYMBU I ANNA ADAMOWICZ)
POEM AS A FORM OF RESISTANCE (GALINA RYMBU AND ANNA ADAMOWICZ)

Summary/Abstract: In the article, the author considers the issue of the agency of poetry in the contemporary world, comparing two attitudes: Galina Rymbu and Anna Adamowicz. A comparative analysis of the works of both authors makes us realize that the degree of involvement depends on the personal situation of the writers. It is no coincidence that Rymbu expressis verbis empha- sizes the need to break all conventions in poetry and exceed aesthetic norms that condemn women to silence. Her poetry is an example of civil disobedience, which feminist theorists (m.in. Judith Butler) wrote about. Its role would be to point out the potential for the opposition in every human body exposed to public view. Adamowicz, despite the fact that she belongs to the same generation as Rymbu, does not speak as radically as the poet from Russia. Her judgments about the agency of poetry are balanced and even sceptical. However, he believes that it has an effective potential, which in situa- tions of great importance for societies in highly developed countries, redirects attention to problems removed from view (m.in climate crisis). The article’s author does not hierarchize their poetry but notes some regularities, thanks to which Rymbu is a local poet and Adamowicz a global one. These labels are illustrative and do not disavow Adamowicz’s work in favour of Rymbu. Their poetic activities are attuned to the political situation that organizes their poetic imagination.

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