Między Horacym a poezją konkretną – kilka uwag teoretycznych

Abstract

The aim of this article is to redefine the famous Horace’s lines taken from his Ars Poetica and to show its association with shape poetry. Horace’s idea named as ut picture poesis is considered here not merely a comparison but an idea of what poetry might be, i.e. the kind of artistic expression which engages more than the intellect and the sense of hearing. The references to the theories of de Saussure and the essays by Jonathan Richardson (the turn of the 18th century) and Samuel Beckett show how language (and literature) can be seen as more than a written/printed text. Such an approach towards literature seems to broaden its expressive functions.