Days of Choice. About Morfina (Morphine) by Szczepan Twardoch Cover Image

Czas wyboru. O Morfinie Szczepana Twardocha
Days of Choice. About Morfina (Morphine) by Szczepan Twardoch

Author(s): Magdalena Kuczek
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Politics of History/Memory, Politics and Identity, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: Morphine; identity; collective memory; narrative identity; romanticism;

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to show the way of presenting the national identity issues, which are present in the Morphine by Szczepan Twardoch. The unclear situation of main character is a starting point of my reflections. He is situated between Polishness and Germanness, femininity and masculinity, being active and being passive. In my analysis I concentrate on patterns into which the main character cannot (or perhaps does not want to) be written, and which have theirs roots in Polish national myths and stereotypes.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 165-173
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish
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