Pawel Piszczatowski – författare

Seit der Antike ist der Dialog eine literarische Grundausdrucksform im Bereich des Theaters und als Medium philosophischer Reflexion. Michail Bachtin verwendete die Kategorie der Dialogizität als Schlüssel zum Verständnis europäischer Romantradition und Lyriker wie Paul Celan machten sie zu der Grundlage einer Poetologie des modernen Gedichts, obgleich bereits in der Minnelyrik poetische Wechselrede gängig war. Auf dem Grundmuster der literarischen Dialogizität basiert die in den letzten Jahrzehnten viel beachtete Intertextualitätsforschung. Gleichzeitig machen sich auch Tendenzen bemerkbar, die das Wort »Dialog« durch allzu häufige Anwendung devaluieren. Gerade deshalb lohnt es sich, dass die Beiträger einen kritischen Blick auf die Entwicklung der literarischen Dialogformen werfen und ihre Relevanz für die europäische Wortkultur neu auswerten.Since the classical antiquity, dialogue has been a basic form of literary expression in the theater and as a medium of philosophical reflection. Bachtin used the category of dialogicity as a key to the understanding of the tradition of the European novel, and poets such as Paul Celan made it the basis of the modern poetology, although poetic intercourse was already common in the medieval Minnelyrik. On Bachtin''s understanding of dialogicity the intertextuality research, which has been much noticed in recent decades, is based. At the same time, tendencies are emerging that deviate the word "dialogue" through too frequent application. Precisely for this reason it is worthwhile to take a critical look at the development of these categories and to re-evaluate their relevance for the European word culture.

Inspired by Lynn Keller’s notion of “the self-conscious Anthropocene,” the book sets out to consider poetry as a privileged space for rethinking our basic epistemological assumptions. Poetry does not have the kind of agency a direct political intervention has; in fact, as W. H. Auden famously put it, “poetry makes nothing happen.” On the other hand, poetry is crucial when it comes to awakening our individual and collective imagination. Considering the statement by Lawrence Buell that the current ecological crisis is, in the first place, a crisis of the imagination, this function of poetry comes through as particularly important.

The book explores the multi-faceted nature of contemporary reflections on agency, focusing on various discursive practices that shape the posthumanist approach to the relationship between the human and non-human world from a planetary perspective. The chapters delve into critical human-animal studies, examine new non-anthropocentric identity constructs, and offer analyses that reinterpret meanings through semiotic inversions and challenge static cultural patterns. The book concludes with discussions on decolonization practices that aim to liberate agency from oppressive systems, particularly those dominated by imperial phallogocentrism.

This volume explores the deep connections between literature and botany, examining how plants shape cultural narratives, ecological thought, and human imagination. From ancient myths to contemporary ecocriticism, the collected essays analyze plant symbolism, botanical knowledge, and vegetal agency in literary and artistic traditions. Engaging with perspectives from environmental humanities, posthumanism, and cultural studies, the book highlights the role of plants in shaping human history and ecological awareness. By bridging science and the humanities, it offers a fresh, interdisciplinary perspective on human-plant relationships in literature and beyond.