Ten fathoms down, or ten remarks on fluidity and depth Cover Image

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Ten fathoms down, or ten remarks on fluidity and depth

Author(s): Krzysztof Hoffmann
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Stanisław Barańczak

Summary/Abstract: The text is an interpretation of Stanisław Barańczak’s poem From the introduction to a phrase- book. The reading of the lyric reveals a basic organizing opposition, i.e. the dichotomy of “liquidity” (“shallowness”) and “depth”. The final parts of the interpretation present the role of poetic language (defined through modernistic concepts) as a language that gives the opportunity to counter the aporia inherent in every act of communication.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 26
  • Page Range: 163-173
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish