Andrzej Busza’s Poetry and the Surrealistic Reflection

Abstract

The main aim of the article is to read and interpret Andrzej Busza’s early poems by referring to the surrealistic perspective. The author focuses on this type of imagery which manifests itself in the collection of poems entitled  Astrologer in the Underground, and tries to answer the question regarding how Busza creates an image that falls into this trend in literature. The surrealistic imagery which is
present in Andre Breton’s and Paul Eluard’s poetic works is a significant point of reference in this paper. The author explains what may contribute to the fact that Busza’s imagery can be regarded as independent and distinct in comparison to its French predecessors. The reflections devoted to this trend in painterly art, which are present in Busza’s latest collection of poems entitled Ekfrazy / Ekphrases, have been deliberately omitted in this paper.