The present work aims to analyse the representation of 20th-century Warsaw in poetry through the voices of three authors who had a deep connection with the city, both bibliographically and intellectually: Artur Oppman (Or-Ot), Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński and Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński. The starting point is the collection Cztery wieki poezji o Warszawie edited by Juliusz Wiktor Gomulicki, in which Warsaw takes centre stage, recounted over the centuries by multiple poetic voices who, from different perspectives, have experienced and described its various historical changes. The thesis, introduced by a necessary historical contextualisation, is divided into three sections, each dedicated to a different phase of the 20th century: interwar Warsaw, from the regaining of Polish independence in 1918 to 1939, observed by Oppman; Warsaw during the Second World War, depicted in an intense and tragic manner by Baczyński; and finally post-war Warsaw and the communist regime (1945-1989), witnessed by Gałczyński. The analysis of a selection of poetic texts, which I personally translated, not only allows to examine the physical and urban evolution of the city, but also to understand how the profound historical changes of the twentieth century influenced the sensibility and thematic and stylistic choices of the poets in question. Reflecting the evolution of the relationship between the author and Warsaw over time, poetry thus becomes a means of bearing witness to and reworking both individual and collective experiences.
L’elaborato si propone di analizzare la rappresentazione nella poesia della città di Varsavia del XX secolo, attraverso la voce di tre autori che con lei hanno avuto un profondo legame tanto bibliografico quanto intellettuale: Artur Oppman (Or-Ot), Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński e Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński. Il punto di partenza è la raccolta Cztery wieki poezji o Warszawie curata da Juliusz Wiktor Gomulicki, in cui Varsavia, raccontata nel corso dei secoli da molteplici voci poetiche che, da prospettive diverse, ne hanno vissuto e descritto i vari cambiamenti storici, si fa protagonista. La tesi, introdotta da una dovuta contestualizzazione storica, si struttura in tre sezioni, ognuna dedicata ad una diversa fase del Novecento: la Varsavia del periodo interbellico, dalla riconquista dell’indipendenza polacca del 1918 fino al 1939, osservata da Oppman; quella della Seconda Guerra Mondiale, raccontata in modo intenso e tragico da Baczyński; e infine la Varsavia del dopoguerra e del regime comunista (1945-1989) testimoniata da Gałczyński. L’analisi di una selezione di testi poetici, di cui ho personalmente curato le traduzioni, non solo permette di esaminare l’evoluzione fisica e urbana della città, ma anche di cogliere come i profondi mutamenti storici del Novecento abbiano influenzato la sensibilità e le scelte tematiche e stilistiche dei poeti in questione. La poesia, riflettendo l’evoluzione del rapporto tra autore e Varsavia nel tempo, diventa così strumento di testimonianza e di rielaborazione del vissuto sia individuale che collettivo.
Tra ombra e splendore. La Varsavia novecentesca nei versi di Artur Oppman, Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński e Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński
PAVAN, MARTINA
2025/2026
Abstract
The present work aims to analyse the representation of 20th-century Warsaw in poetry through the voices of three authors who had a deep connection with the city, both bibliographically and intellectually: Artur Oppman (Or-Ot), Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński and Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński. The starting point is the collection Cztery wieki poezji o Warszawie edited by Juliusz Wiktor Gomulicki, in which Warsaw takes centre stage, recounted over the centuries by multiple poetic voices who, from different perspectives, have experienced and described its various historical changes. The thesis, introduced by a necessary historical contextualisation, is divided into three sections, each dedicated to a different phase of the 20th century: interwar Warsaw, from the regaining of Polish independence in 1918 to 1939, observed by Oppman; Warsaw during the Second World War, depicted in an intense and tragic manner by Baczyński; and finally post-war Warsaw and the communist regime (1945-1989), witnessed by Gałczyński. The analysis of a selection of poetic texts, which I personally translated, not only allows to examine the physical and urban evolution of the city, but also to understand how the profound historical changes of the twentieth century influenced the sensibility and thematic and stylistic choices of the poets in question. Reflecting the evolution of the relationship between the author and Warsaw over time, poetry thus becomes a means of bearing witness to and reworking both individual and collective experiences.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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