A Dialogue Concerning Tradition: Norwid and Wojaczek

The article constitutes an attempt to present a new interpretation of the works of Rafał Wojaczek and Cyprian Norwid along the plane which is marked out by the inter-textual relations between the writings of the two, it would seem, so radically different poets. In this context, the individual interpretative concepts of the works of the author of Sezon (High Season), grow out of the alternative thinking (to the continually influential “mythical” concepts) about the work of the author of Sezon, which is perceived as a cohesive and consistently developed poetic project, comprising the entirety of his poetic achievements. The key motif of the article is the attitude of both poets to the literary tradition, or else, to use the language of Harold Bloom, who serves as the model for various interpretative solutions adopted by the author of the article, reflection on the issue of priority and the struggle for the autonomy and purity of the poetic expression. The article constitutes a part of a more extensive dissertation devoted to the issue of the inter-textual relation between the works of both poets, entitled The Traces of Presence. On the Inter-Textual Presence of Norwid in the Literary Works of Rafał Wojaczek.

The article constitutes an attempt to present a new interpretation of the works of Rafał Wojaczek and Cyprian Norwid along the plane which is marked out by the inter-textual relations between the writings of the two, it would seem, so radically different poets. In this context, the individual interpretative concepts of the works of the author of Sezon (High Season), grow out of the alternative thinking (to the continually influential “mythical” concepts) about the work of the author of Sezon, which is perceived as a cohesive and consistently developed poetic project, comprising the entirety of his poetic achievements. The key motif of the article is the attitude of both poets to the literary tradition, or else, to use the language of Harold Bloom, who serves as the model for various interpretative solutions adopted by the author of the article, reflection on the issue of priority and the struggle for the autonomy and purity of the poetic expression. The article constitutes a part of a more extensive dissertation devoted to the issue of the inter-textual relation between the works of both poets, entitled The Traces of Presence. On the Inter-Textual Presence of Norwid in the Literary Works of Rafał Wojaczek.