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EXPRESIA NEGAŢIEI ÎN POEZIA LUI A. E. BACONSKY
THE NEGATIVE EXPRESSION IN A. E. BACONSKY’S POETRY

Author(s): Daniela SECU
Subject(s): Romanian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: negative structures; apocalypse; cosmogony; absurdity; a nightmare vision;

Summary/Abstract: A particular ignored trait of A. E. Baconsky’s poetry is the negative expression. It is rendered through the negation of predicates, mainly in the first volumes. The expression develops in maturity volumes. Starting with Hymn to Dawn and Flux of Memory we encounter many compound nouns and adjectives using the prefixes un-, in-. Corpse in Vacuum is a negative cosmogony of the world realised through symbol. The poet uses series of negative structures emphasised by negative adverbs. Sebastian’s Ship is a parabol of the modern society in which values are abolished and myths turned upside down. A vision of a modern apocalypse locks people on a ship that goes nowhere.

  • Issue Year: XV/2008
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 165-183
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Romanian