„Ciemne korytarze” : Serce jako centrum ciała w poezji Anny Frajlich .......... 265
Synopsis
CIEMNE KORYTARZE [‘DARK CORRIDORS’]: HEART WITHIN THE SPACE OF THE BODY IN ANNA FRAJLICH’S POETRY
In Anna Frajlich’s poetry, the body is bestowed with spatial features — with its inner structure, it becomes a multidimensional component of the world. Most of the author’s attention is devoted to the inner side of the body, although she is not indifferent to the appearance of the body and what it generates in the sensual sphere. She is intrigued by the extraordinary nature of the body and the experience of pain and illness treated as a form of cognition. In Frajlich’s poetry, the circulatory system is characterised by movement and stillness; blood is a symbol of existence, fertility and passion. Exposure of the heart and circulatory system falls within the forms of expression established in the literary tradition. Tapping into this legacy, the poet constantly transcends it. The heart and blood are the source of various experiences, but, at the same time, constitute just a point on the line of thought. Existence and cognition, lasting and passing, time and history would be impossible to capture if it were not for the body.
