Ziemia obiecana Molochowi – Cmentarzysko Władysława Reymonta w perspektywie widmontologicznej
The land promised to Moloch – Cmentarzysko by Władysław Reymont in perspective of hauntology

Summary/Abstract: Cmentarzysko by Władysław Stanisław Reymont, viewed from the perspective of hauntology, a philosophical concept of Jacques Derrida, reveals new symbolic meanings. Particularly important to this perspective are light and shadow theme and emersion, which is the gradual emergence of objects from the darkness. In the text, light is associated with knowledge, information, and sound of conversation, while darkness means silence, tension and waiting. The victory of light over shadow has strong symbolic connotations, both in the religious context – the triumph of good over evil, and in the philosophical context – enlightenment replacing obscurantism. In Derrida’s theory, the role of light is inextricably linked to the category of presence, the revelation of existence. The philosopher deconstructs this classical meaning, introducing the concepts of specters, traces and postponing the apocalypse, understood as the unveiling of the truth. The hauntological interpretation of Cmentarzysko allows us to deepen the analysis of the impression that the revolution of 1905 has left on the Nobel Prize winner’s consciousness.

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