Uporczywa „pamięć” cudzej traumy. Reprezentacje Zagłady w nowszej literaturze polskiej
Persistent “memory” of other’s trauma. Literary representations of the Shoah in contemporary Polish literature

Summary/Abstract: According to the theory of post-memory traumatic experience is inherited and transferred to persons, who had not been directly traumatized. The text under discussion are its projections and at the same time evidence of the mourning’s work. The way to it was lead by reconstruction of(family) histories, based on archive research, interview with survivors and exploring the space marked by the past. The authors are careful to preserve the referentiality, but they do not avoid fiction and debunking the dilemmas of representation. They ask the question regarding the limits of decency in the Shoah discourse (boldly playing with the rules) and the possibility of artistic creation (using photography in textual construction). The pieces are seen as means of rebuilding the collective identity of the contemporaries.

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