| Abstract [eng] |
The master's thesis ‘The Mythic Dimension in Liūnė Sutema's poetry collection “Sugrįžau (I Am Back)” analyses how the mythic subject is formed and how the existential search for identity is reflected in the collection of poems by the Lithuanian poetess Liūnė Sutema (1927-2013), published in 2009, through archetypes, symbols, experiences of the sacred, and the function of myth. The research is based on the work of C. G. Jung's theory of archetypes, M. Eliade's concept of the sacred and the secular, V. Turner's definition of liminality and the classification of the functions of myth in literature. The analysis of the collection I Have Returned reveals that in the poetry of Liune Sutema the mythical subject emerges as a participant of the inner path, who confronts the archetypes of the Shadow (‘calling the earth in the name of the mother’) and the Mother (‘In childhood the full moon was blocked by the mother with herself’). The structure of the hero's journey shapes the course of the subject's becoming - from loss of identity to spiritual transformation. The liminal states convey an intermediate state between the former and the emerging identity. The archetype of return in the collection takes on a paradoxical form - it is not a physical return to the homeland, but a poetic and spiritual return to the symbolic beginning, to the mythical ‘here’ and ‘then’. Hierophany in the poetic texts manifests itself through the sacredness ‘embodied’ in the details of everyday life (‘the slice of bread is broken by them’, ‘the silk of procession banners is slippery’). Such experiences of the sacred are the basis for the ontological transformation of the subject, in which the return becomes the meaning of the spiritual beginning. The system of symbols - water, bird, shadow, stone - functions as codes of poetic language, activating the collective memory of the exodus. The results of the thesis revealed that the mythical dimension in the poetry of Liūne Sutema functions not only as an artistic expression, but also as an existential code, allowing to articulate the spiritual experiences of the diaspora, the crisis of identity and the longing for the sacred. The word ‘I have returned’ becomes not only the title of the collection, but also a symbolic cry through which all the structures that transcend human existence are revealed, from archetypal figures to the collective unconscious, which is influenced by poetry. |
