Slovenska Literatura (Apr 2011)
The poetic world, text, designation (on the subject of Slovak poetry in the 1960s)
Abstract
This text, meant as a contribution to the subject of Slovak poetry in the 1960s, focuses on two key collections – Zvony (Bells, 1968) by M. Rúfus and Milovanie v husej koži (Making love with goose pimples on, 1965) by M. Válek. It tracks down their motifs such as corporeality, heart, bells in relation to emphatic-historical restoration of man´s broken relationship with the others, himself, the world – lyricism then functions as either melancholic (M. Rúfus), or farsically sarcastic (M. Válek) incomplete or disillusioned evidence of „the world condition“. Vitally experienced corporeality changes to remains and traces of a human – in the style of a symbolic relic (M. Rúfus), a degraded prop (M. Válek). In order to make contrast within synecdochic interpretations, J. Ondruš´s and I. Laučík´s texts are also given consideration. The interpretation procedure does not conceal it is always a paraphrase, synecdoche, elipsis and amplification of the discussed poem, too. However, what is centrally projected is the world evoked by the text. The present text can be perceived as a partial contribution to the „thematological poetics“ (a term coined by P. Zajac), interconnecting the motifs, tropology and a decently viewed historical context.
