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Drawing inspiration from Gilbert Durand’s anthropology of the imaginary, the article offers an interpretation of Tadeusz Gajcy’s poem entitled Miłość bez jutra (Love without Tomorrow). It examines the paradigms of mythical time processed by imagination and the revival of images that have their roots in biblical cosmogony. Using the research method proposed by Durand, the author argues that the imaginary metaphorically transforms symbolic signs that are deeply rooted in history and culture, adjusting them to the personal situation of the dreaming speaker. In Miłość bez jutra the dream of carnal and spiritual fulfillment makes one experience time in relation to certain mythical objects, such as a plant, a book, or a chalice. The return to the mythical beginning, perceived as a refuge that guarantees spiritual revival, is associated with coming to terms with the inevitability of death. In this way, the palingenesis of eternal return (or, in other words, cosmic annihilation and rebirth) that is present in the Gajcy’s poem shapes the way of experiencing time. The author argues that the transformation and sacralization of mythical time in the poem are achieved through the image of a book (cloud) and a plant. Moreover, he shows that Gajcy’s allusions to the Genesis are intertwined with an apocalyptic vision in which various elements of the world are burnt, while the epiphanies of love and death are presented as a return to the state of original innocence and purity, experienced in symbolic projections.
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The subject of my research interests in this article is a poem by Wojciech Kudyba titled “Dziesięć słów Ojca” (Ten words of the Father), whose philosophical and religious dimension directs our attention to the personalism which was close to John Paul II’s convictions. Kudyba is a poet of reflection, philosophical and religious pondering on the meaning of existence. This is evidenced by clear allusions and references to the Bible, as well as the relational character of the work, focused on building a spiritual relationship. In the analyzed poem, there is a strong desire to establish a spiritual relationship, a deep, intimate relationship with God. The world of spiritual experiences presented in this way finds its peculiar expression in the language of poetic images. The desire to meet the Father somehow anchors faith in a dream. While interpreting Kudyba’s poem, I will not be dealing with the problem of sacrum in literature. I will rather refer to the way in which the well-known archetypes and symbols function in poetry. I will be interested in the acts of creative consciousness, heading for sublimation, or creation of substitute reality. Since sublimation is the dominant and constitutive feature of poetry in the dimension of a peculiar experience of emotionally designed reality, I will try to enrich the leading structural analysis in this work with a few threads (or perhaps insights) derived from Gaston Bachelard’s epistemology.
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