Kreativität in Joan Brossas Gedichten

Abstract

Creativity, a phenomenon not at all easy to grasp, was defined by Arthur Koestler in 1964 as a "bissociation" of systems, that is, the unexpected linking of ideas and fields that had not been associated before and were unrelated. As early as 1890, Charles S. Peirce speaks of the creative and synthetic spirit that establishes a conjunction between disparate elements through an idea, which without would not have been possible without it. Examining some of the self-reflective poems typical for the Joan Brossa’s work of the 1950s and 60s one can find the many unexpected and creative leaps to which the poems invite the reader. In some poems, a dizzying link between reflective levels, semantic fields and literary genres creates a synthesis that unites life, thought and literature, thus helping to overcome the disintegration and dispersion to which today's society is subjected.