Small talk

• Authors: Ryszard Przybylski

Title variants

EN

Small talk

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

PL

The poem Small talk conjures up a communicative situation in which the main character, a newcomer from Poland, answers conventional questions related to their country. Bearing in mind the fact that this poem is set during a military dictatorship, superficial interest in his homeland may trigger a feeling of impatience. This is at least the impression formed if we adopt the perspective defined within the romantic tradition, and when taking into account the conventional poetry of martial law in Poland. Nevertheless, Barańczak retains an ironic distance towards such communicative situations and, as a consequence, does not create poetry that meets most readersʼ expectations. His poetic imperative for verbal art to be the expression of mistrust remains valid.

Keywords

PL

small talk; komunikacja; dialog; spotkanie; ironia; wygnanie; emigracja

EN

small talk; communication; dialog; meeting; irony; exil; emigration; small talk; communication; dialog; meeting; irony; exil; emigration

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Przestrzenie Teorii
• Year: 2016
• Issue: 26
• Pages: 175-183

Dates

published

2016-12-20

Contributors

author

Ryszard Przybylski

References

• Barańczak S., Wiersze zebrane, Kraków 2014.
• Dabert D., Zbuntowane wiersze. O języku poezji stanu wojennego, Poznań 2009.
• Deleuze J., Różnica i powtórzenie, przeł. B. Banasiak, K. Matuszewski, Warszawa 1997.
• Tischner J., O człowieku. Wybór pism filozoficznych, wyb. i oprac. A. Bobko, M. Kozak, Wrocław 2013.
• Wittlin J., Blaski i nędze wygnania, [w:] J. Wittlin, Orfeusz w piekle XX wieku, Paryż 1963.

Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/pt.2016.26.11