World under Revision

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the entirety of Wisawa Szymborska's poetic oeuvre. The author reveals that without reflecting on her early entanglement in socialist realism Szymborska's mature anti-dogmatic attitude will remain unclear. The book shows how Szymborska's rhetoric and stylistics affect her messages.

Autorentext

Wojciech Lig za is a Polish professor of literary studies, literary critic, and essayist. Since 1984, he teaches at the Faculty of Polish Studies at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. In his work, he focuses on twentieth-century Polish literature at home and abroad, especially the poetry of Wis awa Szymborska, Czes aw Mi osz, and Zbigniew Herbert.

Klappentext

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the entirety of Wis awa Szymborskäs poetic oeuvre. The author employs in-depth historical reflection on Szymborskäs beginnings to reveal that without describing her post-war beginnings and reflecting on her early entanglement in socialist realist newspeak Szymborskäs mature anti-dogmatic attitude will remain unclear. The book shows how Szymborskäs rhetoric and stylistics figures of reservation, negation, contradiction, tautology, and repetition are closely connected with the construction of the poetic world and affect the shape of her messages. After all, Wis awa Szymborska is a poet of sophisticated wit, a surprising freedom of expression, and an unusual game with various literary styles, even with colloquial Polish.

Inhalt

Wisawa Szymborska Poetry Socialist realism Newspeak Anti-dogmatic attitude Reservation Negation Contradiction Tautology Repetition Wit Games with literary styles