“The questions of root”. Zuzanna Ginczanka’s phenomenology

The paper concerns Zuzanna Ginczanka’s floristic signatures (trees, flowers and fruits), which are used by the poet to construct literary tropes. It shows how, by means of these signatures, the following oppositions are introduced: life/death, surface/depth, outside/inside, form/substance, phenomeno...

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Main Author: Dorota Wojda
Format: Article
Language:Polish
Published: Adam Mickiewicz University 2018-05-01
Series:Przestrzenie Teorii
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Online Access:https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/pt/article/view/12605
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description The paper concerns Zuzanna Ginczanka’s floristic signatures (trees, flowers and fruits), which are used by the poet to construct literary tropes. It shows how, by means of these signatures, the following oppositions are introduced: life/death, surface/depth, outside/inside, form/substance, phenomenon/essence. The crux of the argument is that in Ginczanka’s poetry there is a conflict concerning the value of phenomenology, i.e. what is really important: the phenomena (trees, flowers, fruits) or the hidden essences („the Questions of Root”)? I go on to argue that the poet’s thinking corresponds to Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy, in which the subject’s experience is considered to be related to his life environment and the philosophy of the body is identified with the phenomenology of perception. Emphasizing „the Questions of Root” in the very title of the paper indicates what is most problematic for Ginczanka and, at the same time, what determines her recognition of poetry as an expression of unattainable desires.
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spelling doaj.art-4b95750fe01e4676991f6c5431de67c72025-03-02T02:36:33ZpolAdam Mickiewicz UniversityPrzestrzenie Teorii1644-67632450-57652018-05-0102810.14746/pt.2017.28.14.12028“The questions of root”. Zuzanna Ginczanka’s phenomenologyDorota WojdaThe paper concerns Zuzanna Ginczanka’s floristic signatures (trees, flowers and fruits), which are used by the poet to construct literary tropes. It shows how, by means of these signatures, the following oppositions are introduced: life/death, surface/depth, outside/inside, form/substance, phenomenon/essence. The crux of the argument is that in Ginczanka’s poetry there is a conflict concerning the value of phenomenology, i.e. what is really important: the phenomena (trees, flowers, fruits) or the hidden essences („the Questions of Root”)? I go on to argue that the poet’s thinking corresponds to Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy, in which the subject’s experience is considered to be related to his life environment and the philosophy of the body is identified with the phenomenology of perception. Emphasizing „the Questions of Root” in the very title of the paper indicates what is most problematic for Ginczanka and, at the same time, what determines her recognition of poetry as an expression of unattainable desires.https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/pt/article/view/12605Zuzanna GinczankaphenomenologyMaurice MerleauPontyfloristic motifs
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Maurice Merleau
Ponty
floristic motifs
title “The questions of root”. Zuzanna Ginczanka’s phenomenology
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title_full_unstemmed “The questions of root”. Zuzanna Ginczanka’s phenomenology
title_short “The questions of root”. Zuzanna Ginczanka’s phenomenology
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phenomenology
Maurice Merleau
Ponty
floristic motifs
url https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/pt/article/view/12605
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