Papers by Maria Korusiewicz
World and Word, Mar 12, 2019
Artykuł koncentruje się na estetycznych procesach charakteryzujących kicz<br> religijny jak... more Artykuł koncentruje się na estetycznych procesach charakteryzujących kicz<br> religijny jako reprezentatywny dla kultury popularnej, która jest zakorzeniona w<br> wielowiekowej tradycji kultury i korzysta z instrumentarium estetycznego współczesności.<br> Metodologia badań zaproponowana w tekście odwołuje się do strategii<br> zapożyczonych z teorii przekładu, zarówno do przedstawionej przez Jakobsona<br> teorii przekładu intersemiotycznego, jak i koncepcji opracowanych przez Lefevere'a,<br> przede wszystkim refrakcji i przepisywania tekstu. Na tej podstawie formułowana<br> jest teza o możliwości wprowadzenia pojęcia estetyki translacyjnej, która<br> w swoich procesach posługuje się – zgodnie z założeniami Lefevere'a, potrzebami<br> wspólnoty i określonej ideologii. Korzysta z istniejącego bogactwa zjawisk artystycznych<br> i estetycznych, tłumacząc je doraźnie zgodnie z wymogami reprezentowanego<br> przez sieb...
Moja matka Gęś" czyli uwagi o konstrukcji "ja" w logice kulturowej i kwestii tolerancji / Maria Korusiewicz
Argument : Biannual Philosophical Journal, 2015
The paper discusses the aesthetic aspects of place ‐making practices in the urban environment of ... more The paper discusses the aesthetic aspects of place ‐making practices in the urban environment of Western metropoles that are struggling with the progressive undifferentiation of their space and the weakening of communal and personal bonds. The paper starts by describing the gen‐ eral characteristics of an urban environment as distinct from the traditional vision of a city as a well ‐structured entity, and in relation to formal and informal aesthetics and participatory design ideas. The author then focuses on two contrary but complementary tactics for translat‐ ing a space into a positively evaluated p l a ce: by domesticating it through introducing nature into an urbanscape; and by accentuating its alienness with the example of the urban explora‐ tion movement. The growing popularity of the latter is presented in relation to the discourses related to the decline of cities and the romantic endeavours for reaching into the realm of the unknown or the uncanny in order to rediscover and...
Między Oryginałem a Przekładem, 2018
Translator’s Quest for Truth: Aletheia in Reference to the Author’s Translation of Sylvia Plath’s... more Translator’s Quest for Truth: Aletheia in Reference to the Author’s Translation of Sylvia Plath’s PoemThe article presents an attempt to view the process of translation of poetic texts from the perspective of the quest for truth perceived as one of the translators tasks. The theoretical background is discussed in the first part of the article, which offers a short presentation of contemporary concepts of truth in reference to literary translation. The philosophical background is provided by Heidegger’s hermeneutic concept of truth embedded in a work of art (aletheia). The paper’s thesis is illustrated by a brief analysis of selected aspects of the translation process of Sylvia Plath’s poem „Death&Co.”
The power of paradox: notes on categories of the tragic, mono no aware, and lacrimae rerum
Świat i Słowo, 2020
The paper is an attempt to investigate the intriguing convergence of the inner logic of three aes... more The paper is an attempt to investigate the intriguing convergence of the inner logic of three aesthetic categories that emerge from the experience of finitude of existence in diverse cultural environments: the awareness of the tragic in Western cultures, the Japanese category of mono no aware, expressing the painful beauty of things in their impermanence, and a famous Greco-Roman notion of lacrimae rerum (tears of things). All three – despite the deep disparities between the cultural traditions they represent – prove to be the ‘places’ of paradox, of powerful synchronic tension resulting from the ‘clash’ of contradictory forces, transforming one’s perception of the universum. It seems that it is the paradoxical nature of the experiences labelled by these categories (as confirmed by neuroscience) that allows us to confront our finitude with the aid of aesthetic tools.
Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae, 2016
Everyday aesthetics is the umbrella term for trends in contemporary aesthetics which focus on eve... more Everyday aesthetics is the umbrella term for trends in contemporary aesthetics which focus on everyday existence. Its specifics require changes and innovations in traditional aesthetic theories. Everyday aesthetics can be related to the so-called engaged aesthetics of Arnold Berleant: it takes into consideration such aspects of aesthetic experience as its emotional character, sensuality, directness, and its open "boundaries." Everyday aesthetics covers the whole spectrum of the forms of aesthetic appreciation from disinterested contemplation to active participation founded on cooperation with the environment and the notion of aesthetic welfare." Introducing the categories of respect, care and attentiveness toward objects, processes, and other -human and non-human -beings, everyday aesthetics can be viewed as the "aesthetics of encounter." The text attempts to present and discuss its main premises.
Forum Philosophicum, 2019
This paper asks whether there are grounds for viewing Girard’s work as a tragic vision, and explo... more This paper asks whether there are grounds for viewing Girard’s work as a tragic vision, and explores the criteria and contexts that might figure in such an investigation. Mimetic anthropology is built on references to the tragic per- spective, but its tragic aspect is complex and diaphanous in respect of its struc- turing and dynamics. Its framework is difficult to explore without engaging with contemporary Christian theological thought—something that significantly affects its implications. As for the latter, the transformative potential of Girard’s tragic anthropology, directly engendered by its critical approach to its own theses, tends to shatter the stability of its assumptions. Therefore, from the earliest interpreta- tions of ancient tragic drama, through the pitfalls of the notion of sacrifice and the dialogue with the philosophy of existence and dramatic theology, all the way to the so-called apocalyptic phase in Girard’s thought, we can observe shifting relationships betwee...
The Return of The Labyrinth; notes on Edwin Muir’s poem and its paradoxical dynamics of symbolism
Świat i Słowo, 2023
Ifigenia w pierścieniu, czyli o zagadce „szczęśliwego zakończenia” tragedii w ujęciu Arystotelesa
Mon(o)archie przedstawienia, czyli o nawoływaniu świata / Maria Korusiewicz
Widok (?) z ziarnkiem piasku" : estetyczność, etyczność, wspólnotowość, czyli zapiski o kulturze tworzenia przestrzeni wspólnej / Maria Korusiewicz
„O koniku polnym I mrówkach”. Amae i zapomniane aspekty pytania o wspólnotę
Mon(o)archie przedstawienia, czyli o relacjach sztuki i filozofii
Forum Philosophicum 23 (2018) no. 2, 275–300, 2019
This paper asks whether there are grounds for viewing Girard's work as a tragic vision, and explo... more This paper asks whether there are grounds for viewing Girard's work as a tragic vision, and explores the criteria and contexts that might figure in such an investigation. Mimetic anthropology is built on references to the tragic perspective , but its tragic aspect is complex and diaphanous in respect of its struc-turing and dynamics. Its framework is difficult to explore without engaging with contemporary Christian theological thought-something that significantly affects its implications. As for the latter, the transformative potential of Girard's tragic anthropology, directly engendered by its critical approach to its own theses, tends to shatter the stability of its assumptions. Therefore, from the earliest interpretations of ancient tragic drama, through the pitfalls of the notion of sacrifice and the dialogue with the philosophy of existence and dramatic theology, all the way to the so-called apocalyptic phase in Girard's thought, we can observe shifting relationships between the broadening areas of human failure on the one hand, and the elusive horizon of hope on the other. Within this vision, the last strategy of hope seems to lie in the decision of the individual as a witness to a man-made apocalypse-and/or the apocalypse itself.
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