The Problem of Conscience in the Poetry of Tadeusz Różewicz

Književna djela Tadeusza Różewicza imaju važno mjesto u poljskoj poslijeratnoj poeziji. Želeći stvarati poeziju u vremenu nakon pustošenja i rušenja civilizacijskih i kulturnih vrijednosti Drugim svjetskim ratom, okreće se „čišćenju“ riječi i ponovnoj definiciji pojmova koji su postali nejasni.. Pojmovi moraju biti precizni kako bi bili upotrebljivi, istiniti te kako bi mogli prenositi značenje. Kad se osiguraju uvjeti u kojima će se moći pisati poezija koja je istinita, Różewicz može ispisivati vlastito iskustvo, generacijsku traumu, stvarati i djelovati riječima te govoriti o moralu. U njegovim će se pjesmama stoga pojavljivati glas savjesti, a mogu se pretpostaviti dvije njezine moguće funkcije. Jedna je mogućnost, kako se to događa u onih sa sindromom krivnje preživjelog, da je sjećanje na mrtve ustvari posljedica grižnje savjesti vezane uz samo preživljavanje ili zaboravljanje pokojnog. A druga je da savjest može funkcionirati i kao pravilo pomoću kojeg se može sagraditi novi moralni red. Tvrdnje se u radu nastoje potkrijepiti uporabom literature, a pogotovo analizom samih Różewiczevih pjesama.The literary works of Tadeusz Różewicz hold a special place in polish post-war poetry. Since the poets goal is to create poetry in a time period that comes after the ravaging and devastation of civilizational and cultural values done by World War II, he turned to „cleaning“ out words and defining terms that became unclear anew. Terms should be made clear so that they may be usable, true and convey meaning. Once the conditions by which poetry that is true could be written are achieved, Różewicz is able to write out his own experience, generational trauma, he's able to create and act with words and to speak about morals. By that way, the voice of conscience appears in his poems, and there are two possible functions of conscience that can be assumed in regards to Różewicz's poems. As it happens to be the case with those suffering from survivor guilt syndrome, memory of the dead could be a consequence of remorse connected to the survival itself or to the forgetting of the deceased. Conscience could also be used as a foundational rule upon which a new moral order could be built. These claims sought to be confirmed using relevant literature, and especially by way of analyzing Różewicz's poems themselves