'WHEN THE CONTENT BECOMES THE RHYTHM' - LESMIAN AND A SYMBOLIC FASCINATION WITH RHYTHM

• Authors: Sniedziewski P.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The comparative sketch is an attempt towards the analysis of rhythm in the light of the key concepts of French symbolic poets. The reconstruction of Lesmian's views is based on his treatises on the role of rhyme and rhythm in poetry: 'Rhythm as a world view', 'At the sources of rhythm', 'On mediation of poetry'. An important context of those views are the ideas of Baudelaire, Mallarmé and Rimbaud - the poets important for Lesmian. Such symbolist relations make it possible to distinguish three aspects of rhythm in Lesmian's poetry: rhythm as an element of poetics (theory of poetic language, rhythm distinguishes poetry from prose), anthropological element (relation with the rhythm of nature, a man's body, rhythm breaks with everyday routine) and metaphysical element (rhythm of universe). In effect, Lesmian's approach proves to be an original in Polish literature proposition of noticing a music dimension of poetry.

Keywords

EN

LESMIAN B. ('RHYTHM AS A WORLD VIEW' & OTHER WRITINGS); RHYTM (FRENCH SYMBOLIC POETRY)

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Instytut Badań Literackich PAN
• Journal: Pamiętnik Literacki
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 97
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 135-152
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Sniedziewski P.

• P. Sniedziewski, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza, ul. H. Wieniawskiego 1, 61-712 Poznan, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

06PLAAAA01553396