Crippled song. Ręka by Bolesław Leśmian within the context of expressionistic poetry Cover Image

Pieśń kaleka. Ręka Bolesława Leśmiana w kontekście poezji ekspresjonistycznej
Crippled song. Ręka by Bolesław Leśmian within the context of expressionistic poetry

Author(s): Katarzyna Szewczyk-Haake
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Poznańskie Studia Polonistyczne
Keywords: Leśmian’s poem; analysys; literary expressionism; macabre motifs

Summary/Abstract: The analysis of Leśmian’s poem Ręka (from the collection of poems entitled Łąka, 1920) leads to distinguishing certain features of the poem that make a connection of the poem with literary expressionism feasible. The above similarities can be testified not only by distinct macabre motifs but also a very peculiar way the narrator constructs his narrative that can be concluded as an attempt at establishing a particular bond between the protagonist and the reader. Works written by the Poznań based expressionists Stanisław Kubicki and Józef Wittlin provide the appropriate context for the poem.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 95-108
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish