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Melancholy in the later works of Tadeusz Różewicz

Publication date: 18.12.2014

Studia Litteraria Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, 2014, Volume 9, Issue 3, pp. 209 - 225

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843933ST.14.016.3063

Authors

Alina Świeściak
University of Silesia in Katowice,
ul. Bankowa 12, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0459-1242 Orcid
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Melancholy in the later works of Tadeusz Różewicz

Abstract

It is indeed rare to consider Tadeusz Różewicz’s ‘lyrical Self’ as melancholic, but many interpreters and critics do point to the motif of ‘lack’ in Różewicz’s poetry. Naturally, not all lack must be related to melancholy: we speak of melancholy only when the loss breaks away from the object and attaches itself to the subject, becoming its integral part. In Różewicz’s poetry, however, from the beginning we can find yet another characteristic figure of melancholy. These problems are considered in this article on the basis of the later works of Tadeusz Różewicz in sections devoted to topics such as: the object of loss, the passage of time, ‘the birth and death of God’ as a double, the fundamental lack, the existence of the poet in ‘time’, ‘worthlessness’ and finally, the kulturkritik by Tadeusz Różewicz with a focus on repetition, melancholy and mourning.
 

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Information: Studia Litteraria Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, 2014, Volume 9, Issue 3, pp. 209 - 225

Article type: Original article

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Melancholy in the later works of Tadeusz Różewicz

English:

Melancholy in the later works of Tadeusz Różewicz

Authors

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0459-1242

Alina Świeściak
University of Silesia in Katowice,
ul. Bankowa 12, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0459-1242 Orcid
All publications →

University of Silesia in Katowice,
ul. Bankowa 12, 40-007 Katowice, Poland

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