Ujęcie i rzut. O „Fortepianie Szopena” Cypriana Norwida
Depiction and Projection. On Cyprian Norwid’s “Fortepian Szopena” (“Chopin’s Piano”)

Summary/Abstract: The article attempts to interpret Cyprian Norwid’s poem "Fortepian Szopena" ("Chopin’s Piano"). The choice of the interpretation’s principal categories, namely “depiction” and “projection,” is inspired by Jan Mukařovský’s literary critical term “semantic gesture.” Applying the two aforementioned categories derived from the inside of the poem, as well as from such philosophers as Emmanuel Lévinas, Alfred North Whitehead, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty, the author of the article takes up the issue of Norwidian myth of Polishness, myth of an artist, philosophy of creation, and philosophy of music. The paper also includes a reflection about the poem’s manuscript.

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