Colours of poetry (based on Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński’s lyric poetry) Cover Image

Kolory poezji (Na przykładzie poezji lirycznej Konstantego Ildefonsa Gałczyńskiego)
Colours of poetry (based on Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński’s lyric poetry)

Author(s): Agnieszka Rydz
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the category of colour in modern Polish poetry, and based on an interpreta- tion of Ewa Górecka’s book, Konstatnego Ildefonsa Gałczyńskiego gry barwą z wyobraźnią i kul- turą [Colours as Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński’s Play with Imagination and Culture]. The colour palette in Gałczyński’s poetry includes golden, silver, green, blue, red and black. Culture was an inspiration for the poet, but he didn’t avoid entering into dialogue with it, establishing the mean- ings of colours in his writing. The colours present in Gałczyński’s lyric poetry also indicate the changes in his poetic language. The way in which the poet uses them in his early works differs from their use in those created after 1945.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 25
  • Page Range: 361-373
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish