The Post-totalitarian generation syndrome in the Slavic literatures of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe in political transformation period in the context of postcolonial studies. Outline of the research problem Cover Image

Posttotalitarny syndrom pokoleniowy w literaturach słowiańskich Europy Środkowej, Wschodniej i Południowo-Wschodniej w dobie transformacji ustrojowej w świetle studiów postkolonialnych. Zarys problemu
The Post-totalitarian generation syndrome in the Slavic literatures of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe in political transformation period in the context of postcolonial studies. Outline of the research problem

Author(s): Agnieszka Matusiak
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: generation gap; cultural memory; postcolonial studies; post-totalitarian identity; post-communist trauma

Summary/Abstract: The presented article is devoted to the generational breakthrough and its role and importance in the transformation processes of re-evaluation of the colonial and totalitarian past in the Slavic literatures of the former Eastern Bloc. The author is convinced that thanks to this research attitude scholars will be able to build a new concept of the history of literature based on such determinants as: cultural memory, post-totalitarian consciousness, subcultural identity and corporeality.

  • Issue Year: 9/2014
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 201-208
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish
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