A Transаesthetic Interpretation of Pamięć nareszcie / Memory at Last by Wisława Szymborska Cover Image

Wiersz Pamięć nareszcie Wisławy Szymborskiej. Interpretacja transestetyczna
A Transаesthetic Interpretation of Pamięć nareszcie / Memory at Last by Wisława Szymborska

Author(s): Katica Kulavkova
Subject(s): Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Aesthetics, Special Branches of Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, Hermeneutics
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: transаesthetic interpretation; ritual; syncrisis; analytical psychology; hermeneutic circle; textual explication; archetypal interpretation; Wisława Szymborska; Carl Gustav Jung;

Summary/Abstract: This essay attempts to combine several elements relevant for such interpretative practices as hermeneutics, textual explication, speech acts theory, C. G. Jung’s analytical psychology, as well inspirations taken from ritual studies, archetypal literary criticism, and transcendental hermeneutics. This combination of interpretational practices shall be applied to the reading and analysis of Wisława Szymborska’s poem Pamięć nareszcie / Memory at Last. My chief aim is to analyse the ritual dimension of the poem (without disregarding, however, the work’s stylistic features).

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 216-233
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: English