Aquatic Motifs in the Perspective of Christian Theology in the Poetry of Wojciech Kudyba

This article discusses the strategies of using aquatic motifs as evocations of Christian thought. Such imagery of water, rivers or streams has a deeper meaning, allowing an interpretation focused on theological refl ection about the setting of the poems. The analysis will be based on two poems by Wojciech Kudyba: Kowaniec and Dunajec, as well as their translations into English: The Dunajec River and The Kowaniec Stream, published in the anthology City of Memory. A bilingual Anthology of Contemporary Polish Poetry, edited and translated by Michael J. Mikoś with an introduction by Andrzej Niewiadomski. This anthology includes translations of many important contemporary authors, such as Wojciech Bonowicz, Przemysław Dakowicz, Krzysztof Koehler, Marcin Świetlicki and Tomasz Różycki.