"We who have eaten our hearts and drunk our blood" : carnality in Wisława Szymborska’s output

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An attempt at outlining a corporeality concept inherent in Wisława Szymborska’s poetic works and feature articles, this essay deals with defective human body that is straitened as part of the evolutionary process; it is juxtaposed with an animal body of limitless opportunities. Effects of stigmatising corporeality with signs of cultural belonging and mechanisms of exclusion of bodies unable to become part of generally accepted standards are discussed. At last, an opportunity is shown for transgressing the dualist cognitive model through affirmation of carnality as such; with all its drawbacks, it most fully corresponds with the imperfect human being.