Dürrigl M-A, Fatovic-Ferencic S
Old Church Slavonic Institute, Zagreb, Croatia.
Med Humanit. 2006 Jun;32(1):4-6. doi: 10.1136/jmh.2004.000188.
This paper focuses on seven poems dealing with various aspects of his experience of tuberculosis and uncovers different shades of poetic self within his verses: the notions of self transforming from a helpless child to a ghostly, transparent creature in the secluded world of a hospital ward, and to decaying flesh and "living in a cadaver" are pinpointed. Poetry as creation is the opposite of physical demise; in poetry Šimić finds escape not from the inevitable end, but from suffering. These poems are not confessions of a sick young man; they are relevant works of art touching readers' sensitivity and imagination. They may be relevant for medical professionals in enabling them to view disease-in this case tuberculosis-in a wider context and to be open to the many and different ways in which the experience of illness can be expressed.
本文聚焦于七首探讨他患肺结核经历各方面的诗歌，揭示了其诗中不同层次的诗意自我：自我的概念从一个无助的孩子转变为医院病房隐秘世界中幽灵般、透明的生物，再到腐烂的肉体和“活在尸体中”。诗歌作为创作与身体的消亡相反；在诗歌中，西米奇找到的逃避并非逃离不可避免的结局，而是逃离痛苦。这些诗歌并非一个患病青年的忏悔；它们是触动读者敏感心灵和想象力的相关艺术作品。它们可能对医学专业人员有意义，使他们能够在更广阔的背景下看待疾病——在这种情况下是肺结核——并对疾病体验可以被表达的多种不同方式持开放态度。
