Textualisation of Places as Part of Rescue History. The Case of Podlasie Cover Image

Utekstawianie miejsc jako forma praktykowania historii ratowniczej. Przykład Podlasia
Textualisation of Places as Part of Rescue History. The Case of Podlasie

Author(s): Elżbieta Konończuk
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: textualisation of places; memory; rescue history; regional literature; Podlasie

Summary/Abstract: Textualisation of places recovers memory of the territories which seem marginalized, excluded, places which belong to “the historically mute”. The article exemplifies the concepts of rescue history in cultural texts which originated in the region of Podlasie. One of them is Dana Łukasińska’s drama Antyhona, the story of a borderland Polish-Belarusian village in the years 1942–1947. Next is a performance Metoda Ustawień Narodowych directed by Michał Stankiewicz, narrating the 1946 pacification act against civil Orthodox Belarusian population. And finally, there is the example of Wierszalin, a geo-historical event, which is textualized in Włodzimierz Pawluczuk’s literary reportage Wierszalin. Reportaż o końcu świata, and in the Wierszalin Theatre performances directed by Piotr Tomaszuk. These works substantiate the thesis of the rescue function of regional literature.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 08
  • Page Range: 33-49
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish
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