I like black bread from the neighborhood of cornflowers. The idea of oikos and the variety of its depiction in the poetry of Antonina Zachary-Wnękowa Cover Image

Lubię chleb czarny z sąsiedztwa bławatków. Idea oikos i różnorodność jej obrazowania w poezji Antoniny Zachary-Wnękowej
I like black bread from the neighborhood of cornflowers. The idea of oikos and the variety of its depiction in the poetry of Antonina Zachary-Wnękowa

Author(s): Anna Mlekodaj
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Akademia im. Jakuba z Paradyża
Keywords: man; nature; progress; balance; responsibility; happiness

Summary/Abstract: The idea of oikos, inherited from antiquity, has found many applications in the modern world. This termreferred to the Greek home, which was the first and most important living environment of the humanfamily. He offered whatever was necessary for the community to remain prosperous and safe. Two importantterms were created on the root oikos: economy and ecology. The first refers to the art of propertymanagement, the second to the relationship that living organisms have in their natural environment andwhat they have with it. The metaphorical understanding of the oikos allowed us to identify it with theconcept of nature as man’s home, with which he has a strong bond. The poetry of Antonina Zachary--Wnękowa is the apotheosis of oikos understood in this way. The aim of the article is to analyze poeticimages of the natural world that combine important religious, ethical, deontic and ontological content.Through them, Zachara-Wnękowa shows modern man his place in the oikos of nature, deeply awareof the threats posed by the civilization of the 20th century.

  • Issue Year: 31/2025
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 141-154
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish
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