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Model narracji o pionierach. Studium nad podobieństwami pamięci zbiorowych
A model of the pioneer narrative: similarities in collective memories

Author(s): Paweł Lewandowski
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Summary/Abstract: This articles compares pioneer figures in three areas of collective memory: the European colonization of North America, the resettlement of formerly German territories by Poles after World War II, and the beginnings of Polish rap music. Lewandowski uncovers significant similarities in the ways pioneer figures are constructed and in the ways their deeds are narrated. His interpretation of these similarities leads to a general model of the pioneer narrative.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 104-121
  • Page Count: 18