Intertextual relations and axiology: verse structures as vehicles of axiological values in poetry

• Autorzy: Teresa Dobrzyńska
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The author discusses the problem of the semantic value of verse structure and its importance for the interpretation of poetry. Various metrical forms acquire their stylistic distinctness and profile, and become elements of the semiotic system of a given culture. Intertextual allusions to these metrical forms are to be treated as vehicles of meaning and are very important for the interpretation of a text. It is argued that these allusions can also introduce axiological values. Two examples of such semiotic operations are analyzed. The first of these (the poem Why?, by Czesław Miłosz) illustrates the mechanism of strengthening the solemnity and authority of the uttered words, the mechanism of dignifying them, endowing them with a status of unquestionable revelations of truth. The second example (the poem Mona Lisa, by Zbigniew Herbert) serves as a presentation of the ways in which reliable speech can be restored and the object of an utterance degraded. The poet makes allusions to the specific form of the free verse characteristic for the style of Stanisław Różewicz’s post-war poetry, which imitates a very simple and sincere way of speaking. Its stylistic value is applied as an exponent of the authenticity and reliability of the speaking subject.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

verse structure; versology; semantic value; interpretation; intertextual relations; axiology

• Wydawca: Institute of the Czech Language, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Czasopismo: Slovo a slovesnost: časopis pro otázky teorie a kultury jazyka (Slovo a slovesnost: A journal for the theory of language and language cultivation)
• Rocznik: 2012
• Tom: 73
• Numer: 4
• Strony: 299-311
• Rodzaj publikacji: ARTICLE

Twórcy

autor

Teresa Dobrzyńska

• Slovo a slovesnost, redakce, Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR, v.v.i., Letenská 4, 118 51 Praha 1, Czech Republic