From Catastrophism to Pessimism. Death and Sacrum in the Poetry of Stanisław Piętak Cover Image

Od katastrofizmu do pesymizmu. Śmierć i sacrum w poezji Stanisława Piętaka
From Catastrophism to Pessimism. Death and Sacrum in the Poetry of Stanisław Piętak

Author(s): Karolina Ewa Wieliczko
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: catastrophism;pessimism;death;sacrum;poetry;Stanisław Piętak
Summary/Abstract: In the article we make an attempt to explain poetic images of this prophecies with relation to the definition of catastrophism in Polish literature. In the text there are subjected to interpretation some representative poems, in which motifs relating to unreality could be found, for example: images of sky, symbolic representation of colours and flowers, guests from the other world, etc.

  • Page Range: 141-155
  • Page Count: 15
  • Publication Year: 2014
  • Language: English, Polish