Metaphorical description of sacred and profane in the Inna Lisnyanskaya’s poetry on  the basis of the cycles ‘Jerusalimskaya tetrad’ and ‘W prigorodie Sodoma’
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Metaforyczne obrazowanie sfery sacrum w poezji Inny Lisnianskiej na przykładzie utworów В пригороде Содома i Иерусалимская тетрадь (w ujęciu kognitywnym)
Metaphorical description of sacred and profane in the Inna Lisnyanskaya’s poetry on the basis of the cycles ‘Jerusalimskaya tetrad’ and ‘W prigorodie Sodoma’ (cognitive apprehension)

Author(s): Olga Letka-Spychała
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the analysis of the Metaphorical description of the sacred and profane in the Inna Lisnyanskaya’s poetry. The two cycles of Lisnyanskaya’s poems Jerusalimskaya tetrad’ and W prigorodie Sodoma are the subject matters of this analysis. The author was concentrated on the motifs of two different biblical towns – Sodom and Jerusalem. The former destroyed by God, due to the sins committed by its inhabitants, have become synonymous with vices such as adultery. The latter holly city of Judaism is described as a part of sacred space in this article.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: XIII
  • Page Range: 189-199
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish