Self-Referentiality in Contemporary Slovak Poetry. On Works by Peter Macsovszky and Michal Habaj

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Pages: 245-257
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54664/CVYB9063

Abstract:

The proposed paper examines self-referentiality regarding language in contemporary Slovak literature. It does it on examples from the work of Peter Macsovszky and Michal Habaj. Both authors are presented in the context of their belonging to the so-called text generation in Slovak literature. The considered works are from the poets’ first collections of poems, published between 1990 and 2000, which we believe best represent the analyzed phenomenon. Their books ‘Fear of Utopia’ and ‘80-967760-4-5’ include self-referential texts in which the authors play with the categories of author, subject, and literature itself.

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Slovak poetry, Peter Macsovszky, Michal Habaj, self-referentiality, Text Generation

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