Loliness and solitude in Bian Zhilin’s poems [Samotność i osamotnienie w poezji Bian Zhilina]
Loliness and solitude in Bian Zhilin’s poems [Samotność i osamotnienie w poezji Bian Zhilina]

Author(s): Jarosław Zawadzki
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Loneliness; concepts; Chinese poetry; Bian Zhilin
Summary/Abstract: The concepts of loneliness and solitude (which for the purpose of this article I will call conceptemes) may take the forms of alloconcepts, similarly to morphemes deriving their physical shapes from morphs. Many distinct alloconcepts may express a single concepteme, some of them being antagonyms of the concepteme. Each alloconcept gives the concepteme a unique flavor, which determines the function of the concepteme. I will analyze what alloconcepts have been used by Bian Zhilin to express the conceptemes of loneliness and solitude in his poems. I will also provide an explanation of what such presentations may portend for the semantic and cultural meanings of the text, that is, what function they serve. The manner, time and place of being lonely or alone may reveal interesting cultural facts about a given community or society and give insight into the feelings experienced by the loners, be they the protagonists of a poem’s “story” or the lyrical voice itself.

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