Things which died. Why do we go to the dead parks in Silesia? Cover Image

To, co umarło. Po co na Śląsku chodzi się do umarłych parków?
Things which died. Why do we go to the dead parks in Silesia?

Author(s): Aleksnadra Kunce
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Wydział Polonistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: park; cmentarz; Śląsk; dzikość; krajobraz; park; cemetery; Silesia; wildness; landscape

Summary/Abstract: The author deals with the problem of a “dead” park. The fallen landscape construction is like a necropolis. The refl ections are organized around Fazaniec – a border park established in Upper Silesia in the mid-19th century by count Hans Ulrich von Schaffgotsch. The death of the park after 1945 is interpreted in connection with wildness, darkness, decline, transgression as well as being beyond culture and social emotions.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 2 (5)
  • Page Range: 145-158
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish