Filozofska istraživanja, Vol. 26 No. 3, 2006.
Original scientific paper
The Relativity of Time and Space in the Croatian Poet Nikola Šop and the Slovenian Poet Gregor Strniša
Fedora Ferluga-Petronio
Abstract
Although the epochs and milieus they belong to differ, the Croatian poet Nikola Šop (1904–1982) and the Slovenian poet Gregor Strniša (1930–1987) share a common denominator – both are metaphysical poets and, in respect of this poetic dimension, they both tackle the relativity of time and space, i.e. temporality and timelessness, and spatiality and spacelessness, which are nothing other than synonyms for the concepts of human and divine. Both poets are profoundly motivated by the search for the Final Truth. In Šop this need stems from his personal tragedy, from a horrendous accident that disabled him for almost three decades and deeply impressed his faith, having
driven him to seek God on the paths of theology, philosophy and cosmology. On the other hand, Strniša’s approach to metaphysical issues is somewhat more controlled, and issues from the needs
of his rational and intellectual character. This is also evident in the fashion in which the two poets approach Einstein’s thought: Šop nears Einstein’s model of universe exclusively through his own
poetic intuition, while Strniša openly reflects on it in his prose, as in his Relativnostna pesnitev (Relative Poetry), in which he primarily centres on the problem of poetic creation.
Keywords
poetry; metaphysics; relativity; space; time; Nikola Šop; Gregor Strniša
Hrčak ID:
11173
URI
Publication date:
5.10.2006.
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