Estudios subalternos postransicionales como propuesta de acercamiento comparativo a la narrativa polaca y española contemporánea
Post-transitional Subaltern Studies as a Proposal for a Comparative Approach to Contemporary Polish and Spanish Narrative

Author(s): Agnieszka Kłosińska-Nachin
Subject(s): Comparative Linguistics, Polish Literature, Other Language Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: comparative literature; subaltern studies; Spanish transition; Polish transition; panopticism
Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to develop a comparative perspective that allows the reader to explore the traces of authoritarian systems in contemporary Polish and Spanish culture. The point of departure is the research of Polish scholars from the Post-Dependence Studies Centre, who examine Polish culture with postcolonial tools adapted to the post-communist context. From there, the article attempts to formulate a methodological framework — the so-called post-transitional subaltern studies — applicable to post-Franco and post-communist culture, particularly the presence of subaltern characters in contemporary cultural texts. In accordance with the proposed methodology, the author analyses two novels, namely “Visión del ahogado” (1977) by Juan José Millás and “Czytadło” (1992) by Tadeusz Konwicki, in which it is possible to detect similar panoptic strategies concomitant with the recourse to violence.

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