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Passing by Layers of Memory
Passing by Layers of Memory

Author(s): Anja Burghardt
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theory of Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: Memory; Collective Memory; Memory Culture; reportage; Mariusz Wilk; mediality; genres

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the dimensions, genres and mediality of collective memory in Mariusz Wilk’s reportage on the Solovetsky Islands. As the authoress argues, on the one hand, his reports reflect a broad variety of different media, where the text itself also appears as a medium of memory. On the other hand, Wilk draws attention to the sites of memory on the Solovetsky Islands. For those, different concepts from memory studies help deepen our understanding of both the layers of memory on the islands and of those in Wilk’s text.

  • Issue Year: 70/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 45-54
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English