Doświadczenie traumy a perspektywa zwierzęca. Wokół opowiadań Lwy Iwana Ptasznikaua i Pies Idy Fink
Experiencing Trauma and the Animal Perspective. Reading the Stories Lions by Ivan Ptasznikau and The Dog by Ida Fink
Author(s): Beata SiwekSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Cultural history, Jewish studies, Belarussian Literature, Czech Literature, Polish Literature, History of Antisemitism, Sociology of Literature
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Slovanský ústav and Euroslavica
Keywords: trauma in literature; animal experience; cultural memory; literatures in XX century; Chernobyl; Holocaust; Belarusian literature; Polish literature; Jewish literature;
Summary/Abstract: The main purpose of the article is to show the traumatic experiences (the Chernobyl tragedy, the Holocaust) from the animal perspective. To achieve this goal, two prose texts have been compared. Although the texts differ in their narrative strategies, both place an animal protagonist in the center. In the stories Lions by the Belarusian prose writer Ivan Ptasznikau and The Dog written by an Israeli writer of Polish origin, Ida Fink, the animal goes through a painful experience that is close to a human one. These texts fall within the context of the so-called posthumanistics, emphasizing the collectivity of the human and animal lives.
Journal: Slavia - časopis pro slovanskou filologii
- Issue Year: XCIII/2024
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 1-7
- Page Count: 7
- Language: Polish
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