The Issues of Art and the Artist in Karol Wojtyła’s Literary Works

Abstract

The relevance of the selected research topic, especially the meaning of art and the artist in Karol Wojtyła’s poems, arises from the current growing crisis of civilization, in which modern man does not occupy a key place, but gets lost in the technological space and armed conflicts. The subject of this study is the concept of ethics, the moral character of man in the role of God’s co-creator of the world, which is omnipresent in K. Wojtyła’s poems. It is not only about religious foundations, but also about the integral human essence inherent in the behavior of a person. This is ethical personalism, a theory developed by John Paul II at an early stage of his career. It dominates the sphere of images, motifs, stylistic figures, etc. The individual is at the center of John Paul II’s thinking as a poet and thinker. Based on the ethical personalism developed by the author himself, we have traced the main directions of the spiritual renewal of the individual and of the society indicated by him. It is not only about a separate nation or nationality, but also about an integral human community to which Karol Wojtyła spoke in his works. Based on the analysis of the poems, it was concluded that the categories of artist and art are presented in Karol Wojtyła’s poetry in various ways, taking into account the horizontal and vertical peculiarities of their semantics, have a universal resonance, and contribute to the development of patriotism and moral values of society.