Contrapuntal text and rondo (in the poetry of Desmond Egan and Jaroslav Seifert)

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https://doi.org/10.18778/1505-9057.52.20

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Music Principle, poetry and music, Contrapuntal Poems, Rondo, Desmond Egan, Jaroslav Seifert

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the complicated relationships between poetry and music. It tries to show that one of the common denominators between both arts can be the musical form in poetry, strictly speaking a method of poetry creation based on a musical principle. For this paper, two illustrations of this process are chosen: an Irish poet Desmond Egan’s contrapuntal poems (chosen from all Egan’s poetry) and a Czech poet Jaroslav Seifert’s Mozart in Prague. The conclusions concern the impact on the reader’s reception of poetic texts, which in their graphic form or theme stimulate references to music. We conclude that knowing (active and passive) the musical principles of counterpoint and ronda can help readers to better understand the structure, theme and meaning of the texts.

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Radomil Novák, University of Ostrava, Department of Czech Language and Literature with Didactics, Fráni Šrámka 3, Ostrava, 70900

Radomil Novák Ph.D., graduated from the Faculty of Arts, University of Ostrava, majoring in Czech language, music education and choir conducting (1992–1997), and received his Ph.D. in Czech literature at Masaryk University in Brno in 2004. Since 1999 he has worked as assistant professor at the Department of Czech Language and Literature with Didactics, Pedagogical Faculty, University of Ostrava, with his research focus on 20th century Czech literature and the relationships between literature and music: Hudba jako inspirace poezie (Music as poetry inspiration), Ostrava 2005; Česká jazzová literatura 1918–1968 (Czech Literature and Jazz 1918–1968), Ostrava 2012.

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Published

2019-03-28

How to Cite

Novák, R. (2019). Contrapuntal text and rondo (in the poetry of Desmond Egan and Jaroslav Seifert). Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica, 52(1), 345–358. https://doi.org/10.18778/1505-9057.52.20

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Vol. 52 No. 1 (2019): Muzyka i muzyczność w literaturze

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