Against nostalgia… The concept of memory in Fyodor Stepun’s memoirs “Byvshee i Nesbyvsheesya” Cover Image

Przeciwko nostalgii… Koncepcja pamięci we wspomnieniach Fiodora Stiepuna „Бывшее и несбывшееся”
Against nostalgia… The concept of memory in Fyodor Stepun’s memoirs “Byvshee i Nesbyvsheesya”

Author(s): Marcin Ziomek
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Philology
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Fyodor Stepun; memory; Russian emigration; Russian emigration literature

Summary/Abstract: The article offers an introduction into Fyodor Stepun's culture-making concept of memory. The thinker - one of the most intriguing representatives of the Russian emigration - criticized the emigrant milieu for its excessive traditionalism. Stepun presented the force of memory as a counterbalance to reminiscence and nostalgia, claiming that memory can prevent the Russian cultural heritage from being forgotten and ensure that it will creatively form the future of reborn Russia.

  • Issue Year: 44/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 35-40
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Polish