Incarceration and Death: The Poetry of Vasyl' Stus, 1997 (useless french)

Incarceration and Death: The Poetry of Vasyl' Stus

Natalia Burianyk's PhD at University of Alberta, 1997

Viktor Zaretsky, "Stous lisant Rilke", 1971

Among other interesting things explored in the study :

the influence of Buddhism on Stus' poetry.

This work explores the influence incarceration had on the poet's themes, motifs, and images; it traces some of the literary influences, and identifies the role of existentialism and Buddhisrn in both his life and writing. The dissertation places Stus in a context of prison writing in general, showing how his themes of life and death, love, space and time resonate with writers and philosophers of different periods and cultures. 

[Diasporiana.org.ua / pdf]

Table of Contents :

Introduction

Chapter 1 : Death

Why the Theme of Death

Living Between Life and Death

Chapter 2: Death and Eastern Infiuences

Stus and Eastern Philosophy

The Elements of Eastern Philosophy in Stus' Poetry

Chapter 3: Fate and Existence

Existentialism

Stus and Mass Man

Choice and Authentic Existence

Spiritual Self-sufficiency

Loneliness and Personal  Choice

Existence as Etemal Turmoil

God and Fate

Chapter 4: Love

The Theme of Separation

Beloved as Divine

Love as Drearns and Reminiscences

Erotic Love

Love and Death

Chapter 5: Space

The Square as a Symbol of Incarcerations and Death

Chapter 6: Time

The Present, Past, and Future

Stus' Time and Existentialism

Natalia Burianyk

Chapter 7: The Imagination in Confinement: Beyond Stus

Death

Philosophy and Religion

Love

Space

Tirne

Conclusion

Bibliography

Appendix

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Useless french :