Schematy fabularne w polskiej literaturze okcydentalnej (na przykładzie prozy Eugeniusza Paukszty, Henryka Panasa i Józefa Hena)
Fiction schemes in Polish Occidental Literature (on the example of prose by Eugene Paukszty, Henry Panas and Joseph Hen)

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyses the plot patterns particular to the settler literature, dealing with the processes of settlement of the so-called Recovered Territories, annexed to Poland after 1945 in the aftermath of the Yalta Conference. For this analysis, Northrop Frye’s concept of plot patterns was applied. In the narratives under discussion, plot is usually organized by an ascending movement intended to correspond to positive transformations of the so-called Recovered Territories and improvement of the settlers’ situation. This is the case with novels by Eugeniusz Paukszta. The article also shows deviations from this principle, as introduced, among others, by Henryk Panas and Józef Hen. Transformation of the plot pattern customarily used in settler novels performs a demythologizing function and unmasks the negative aspects of the “resettlement epic”.

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