Hermeneutics and the theory of intertextuality as a method of researching modernism in Serbian poetry of the second half of the 20th century in the example of poetic cycle Deset sonata nerođenoj kćeri by Ivan V. Lalić Cover Image

Hermeneutyka i teoria intertekstualności jako metodologia badań modernizmu w poezji serbskiej drugiej połowy XX w. na przykładzie cyklu Deset soneta nerođenoj kćeri Ivana V. Lalicia
Hermeneutics and the theory of intertextuality as a method of researching modernism in Serbian poetry of the second half of the 20th century in the example of poetic cycle Deset sonata nerođenoj kćeri by Ivan V. Lalić

Author(s): Magdalena Maszkiewicz
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Aesthetics, Serbian Literature, Hermeneutics
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Serbian poetry; modernism; post-war literature; hermeneutics; intertextuality; Ivan V. Lalić

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to show that hermeneutics and the theory of intertextuality provide useful tools for the research in post-war Serbian modernism in poetry. The argumentation takes two steps. Firstly, the use of these methods is being legitimized in the context of general characteristics of the literature under consideration. Secondly, the functioning of such tools is presented in the example of a particular text, which in this case is Deset sonata nerođenoj kćeri [Ten Sonnets for The Unborn Daughter], a poetic cycle by Ivan V. Lalić. The kind of poetry researched in this paper is strongly influenced by the ideas of T. S. Eliot who said that an original literary work is the result of the author’s awareness of his place in tradition. For this reason such poetry contains numerous cultural and literary references which are an inevitable context of its interpretation. A hermeneutic and intertextual approach helps to expose such references and make them part of the process of understanding the poetry in question.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 06
  • Page Range: 1-10
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish