O pojesisu i praznini, dok Malarme nazdravlja

Abstract

This paper examines the problem of emptiness inside the language sign and poetry. Establishing the relationship between the language and poetry, we conclude that these two notions depend on each other. The language sign is divided into signifié and signifiant, and we are following the line of division of these two elements from De Saussure to post-structuralism, while the other part of this work focuses on the problem of poetry, which is understood as an omnipresent being. A poem is the confirmation that this being exists. We also scrutinize Stéphane Mallarmé’s poetics in established context. We will show how Mallarmé was ‘playing’ with the language sign, poetry and poems, and the given problem is ilustrated through his poem ”A Toast ”.