Around the Concept of Homeland in Czesław Miłosz’s Prose Cover Image

Wokół pojęcia ojczyzna w tekstach prozatorskich Czesława Miłosza
Around the Concept of Homeland in Czesław Miłosz’s Prose

Author(s): Karolina Ruta
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: ojczyzna; naród; państwo; przybrana ojczyzna; ojczyzna globalna; homeland; nation; country; one’s adopted country; global country

Summary/Abstract: The analysis introduced in this paper covers range of prosaic prints of the Noblist written on emigration and published in the late fifties of the twentieth century Rodzinna Europa and the latter art entitled Szukanie ojczyzny, in which the poet incorporates digressions on history, largely devoted to Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The aim of this publication is to answer the questions: How Miłosz defines concept of the homeland and which related values are important for the poet in above-mentioned readings?

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 57-64
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish