Published: 2015-12-23

Brotherhood with the Snail. About a Certain Animal Motif in the Poetry of Ryszard Krynick

Anna Filipowicz Logo ORCID

Abstract

A poetic interest in animals is one result of Ryszard Krynicki’s being inspired by Japanese haiku, which he combines with the distinctive meanings of Western culture. Buddhist tradition allows him to see an animal as a representative of the universe in common with humans, and as a real existencein-itself. In his poems the Eastern sensitivity and way of thinking become an opportunity to revise humanity’s imaging of nature. Paradoxically, therefore, what is spiritual allows Krynicki to experience an empirical encounter with the animal and show the conditions for the questioning of the anthropocentric paradigm.

Citation rules

Filipowicz, A. (2015). Brotherhood with the Snail. About a Certain Animal Motif in the Poetry of Ryszard Krynick. Zoophilologica. Polish Journal of Animal Studies, (1), 207–226. Retrieved from https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/ZOOPHILOLOGICA/article/view/4827

Zoophilologica – T.1 (2015) – Zwierzęce/Animalis

No. 1 (2015)
Published: 2016-08-14


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

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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