„Byle dostatniej, byle nowocześniej”. Dylematy PRL-owskiej modernizacji i samofolkloryzacji w powieści Edwarda Redlińskiego Awans
“Prosperity and Modernity Now!” Self-Folklorization Dilemmas in Edward Redlinski’s Novel Awans

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to consider the emancipatory dimension of self-folklorization – a category proposed by Ewa Klekot to define a strategy of regaining voice by subordinate subjects, understood as an important element of the processes of modernity. The material for the analysis of socio-cultural processes of the post-war period using this category consists in Edward Redliński’s novelAwans (Advancement, 1973), presenting the dilemmas of self-folklorization of inhabitants of a fictional socialist village in the context of post-war modernization processes. The analysis of this novel allows us to ask questions – firstly, about the emancipatory dimension of self-folklorization, and secondly, about the connections between Redliński’s work and social changes

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