Globální myšlení: Seamus Heaney a Dennis O'Driscoll

Zikmund, Jan

In 2008, Dennis O'Driscoll published Stepping Stones, a book-length interview with the Irish poet and critic Seamus Heaney. When conducting the interview, O'Driscoll did not take a strictly chronological approach. Instead, he was interested in Heaney's literary influences, as well as his work and views on poetry. O'Driscoll's informed questions reflect his own thinking as both a poet and critic, and rather than playing the role of passive interlocutor, he confronts and challenges Heaney's views. The result is a discussion that is dynamic and revealing, providing insight into the minds of two significant Irish poets. The interview in Stepping Stones forms the basis of my bachelor thesis, which examines the friendship and exchange of influence between Heaney and O'Driscoll, who had known each other since the 1970s and had written essays on similar topics. My thesis focuses on three points of disagreement between Heaney and O'Driscoll: Eastern European poetry, American poetry and literary culture, and the poetry of last things. My aim is to introduce both poets' positions on each subject, and consider how their opposing views influenced each other's thinking on those subjects. The purpose of this thesis is to clarify why O'Driscoll was important to Heaney and explore how both poets influenced each...

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