Słownik poetologiczny

– in Latin, the art of poetry. Using the criteria of genre and theme, it can be used to define at least three types of literary and metaliterary texts that form a clearly defined continuum from antiquity to the present day in the cultural universe of the West: 1) classical normative and descriptive poetics, codifying the rules governing literary creation in various genres; 2) a specific type of self-reflexive modernist lyric poem devoted to expounding diverse views on the essence of art, often–but not necessarily–entitled “Ars poetica”; 3) self-instruction manuals and guidebooks for creative writing, intended for amateur authors, as well as essays devoted to the secrets of the writer’s craft. (...)

Letter

Lucyna Marzec

A survey of theoretical statements concerning the letter in twentieth-century Polish literature studies discourse can help us bring into relief all of the elements of the transmutations in theory whose continuation (but not culmination) is the so-called cultural turn and a variety of interpretative practices that together form the panorama twenty-first century literature studies. (...)

Void

Małgorzata Cieliczko

a b s t r a c t

1. Emptiness in Science and Art – Philosophical Prolegomenon

The concept of emptiness, or the void, is used in various disciplines: from the natural and social sciences (including psychology) to the fields of theology and philosophy;¹⁾The anthologies of articles written from widely differing perspectives by various scholars on the problem of the void testify to the multidisciplinary nature of this category: see Wszechświat, bezład, pustka (Universe, Chaos, Void), ed. (...)

Syneasthesia

Zuzanna Kozłowska

– a term used by scholars in various fields, refers to a whole range of related phenomena whose common underlying principle is the interaction of the senses. Generally speaking, it describes a creative “dialogue of the senses,”¹⁾Słownik terminów literackich (Dictionary of Literary Terms), ed. (...)