Chora dusza – chore ciało
Sick Soul – Sick Body

A Case Study ("The Devil of Hunger" by Tania Maliarchuk)

Author(s): Paulina Olechowska
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Ukrainian Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: trauma; emotional instability; pain; adult; child
Summary/Abstract: In this article, I analyse the heroine’s (narrator’s) toxic relationship with her grandmother in Tania Maliarchuk’s short story "The Devil of Hunger". The story presents two women who have experienced trauma and are trying to express it. I consider the post-traumatic state of both the grandmother and the granddaughter as a medical condition that results in body ailments and dysfunctions of the psyche. In the case of the grandmother it is expressed in sadistic behaviour towards her granddaughter and in the case of the granddaughter it manifests as depressive states and emotional instability. Both women display “unhealthy” states of the body and spirit.

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