The Lyric Subject and Space. A Comparison of Traditional and Modern Lyric Poetry
Keywords:
lyric poetry, lyric subject, space metaphor, Romanticism, modern lyric poetry, language poetryAbstract
Working from the assumption that a lyric poem is a means of self-expression and self-constitution of the speaking person, the article observes that in romantic as well as modern poetry, geographical space through metaphoric representations co-establishes the identity of the lyric subject. Furthermore, modem lyric poetry is also characterized by the incoherence of space, which, in addition to having a thematic function, also affects the structure of the text.References
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