The aim of the article is to interpret a poem by Tadeusz Różewicz, Syn marnotrawny (z obrazu Hieronima Boscha) [The Prodigal Son (from the painting of Hieronymus Bosch)], from the volume Srebrny kłos [The Silver Ear of Corn] (1955). The poem is subjected to intertextual reading, which included strongly sketched autobiographical allusions, ecstatic descriptions of Bosch’s paintings and contextual references to the biblical parable of the prodigal son. Confronting the situation of the lyrical hero with the theological interpretation of the parable and reaching for the concept of reading the play proposed by Mieke Bal, ultimately reveals the kerygmatic meaning of the piece.
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