Whatever the Mirabeau Bridge Used to Be: About Death (Not) in Paris Cover Image

Czym bywa most Mirabeau – o śmierci (nie) w Paryżu
Whatever the Mirabeau Bridge Used to Be: About Death (Not) in Paris

Author(s): Agnieszka Czyżak
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Geography, Regional studies, Regional Geography, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: Paris; death; place; geography; space; location

Summary/Abstract: This article presents the connections between geography and literature leaning on the material of texts written in the 20th century by authors from many different countries. Poems from the body of work by Guillaume Apollinaire, C´esar Valejo, Jorge Luis Borges, Natałka Biłocerkiweć, Antoni Pawlak and their common main theme “death in Paris” are treated as examples of unique and significant evidence of the human experience of space. The interpretations of those literary creations may help us to understand the processes of locating a single existence. This is understood as a path that leads to self-awareness.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 73-86
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish