Podlasie i Białystok we wczesnych reportażach Joanny Siedleckiej
Podlasie and Białystok in the Early Reportage of Joanna Siedlecka
Author(s): Marek KochanowskiSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: Polish contemporary prose; social reportage; poetics; irony;everyday life in Communism
Summary/Abstract: The article presents motifs of Podlasie and Białystok in the early collections of writings by Joanna Siedlecka, which had been published first in her debut Stypa(1981) and later also inPoprawinyandParszywasytuacja(both 1984). The article concludes that Siedlecka does not relyon clich ́ed storylines in her writings about Podlasie. She also avoids ideological rhetoric and with irony punctuates the absurdity of everyday life in Communism.
Journal: Białostockie Studia Literaturoznawcze
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 20
- Page Range: 47-59
- Page Count: 13
- Language: Polish
