Published: 2023-12-29

Jan Gawiński’s animal epitaphs in view of the ecocriticism

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Abstract

The aim of article Jan Gawiński’s animal epitaphs in view of the ecocriticism was to use the optics of human-animal studies shaped as a part of that titular modern methodology, to verify previous interpretations of Jan Gawiński’s baroque epitaph, devoted to animals. The thesis focuses on polemic with the opinions that Jan Gawiński’s animal epitaphs are the expression of nihilism, grotesque or variations of the animal’s fable. The chapter also accents the importance of composition of that poems collection for the lecture of each respective piece. Using the ecocritical view made an opportunity to demonstrate that in spite of the pre-modern’s vision of nature (hierarchical chain of being) writers has found an interstice which has allowed them express the sense of community with animals, feeling of mortal togetherness, empathy, sensitivity of conscience and responsibility for friars minor.

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Knopik, A. (2023). Jan Gawiński’s animal epitaphs in view of the ecocriticism. Zoophilologica. Polish Journal of Animal Studies, (2 (12), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA.2023.12.06

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No. 2 (12) (2023)
Published: 2024-04-10


ISSN: 2719-2687
eISSN: 2451-3849
Ikona DOI 10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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