"Fragment" and "Morituris". On the Poetic Debut of Stanisław Pieńkowski

Abstract

The article is an attempt to present the poetic debut of Stanisław Pieńkowski – the poems Fragment and Morituris. When examining the works, particular attention
was paid to the creation of the lyrical subject, the presence of mythological motifs, Nietzsche’s philosophical concepts and the Gnostic features of the main character of
the sequence. Assumptions related to the hero-transgressor were also used and an assessment was made of the poet’s failure to continue the concept of this outstanding
individual. The key method of decoding the meanings contained in the poems was reliable hermeneutical instruments.