Bilans uczestnictwa. Rodzina w powieściach Stanisława Brzozowskiego

• Authors: Dzikowski Marcin

Title variants

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The Account of Participation: Family in Stanisław Brzozowski's Novels

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article reflects on the stories of families present in the novels of Stanisław Brzozowski: "Pod ciężarem Boga", "Wiry", "Płomienie", "Sam wśród ludzi", and "Książka o starej kobiecie". In all these texts, family threads are interwoven with the presence of trauma. It has a dual dimension: private and public, which, however, in the works of Brzozowski are strongly interconnected. These novels are treated as a series of components of the "grand narrative" enclosed in them and through them, regarding the Polish family in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. The ranking of Brzozowski's novels is consistent with the order of their creation, so treating them as a part of the single narrative range allow to observe changes taking place in the writer's reflection on the "family" issue. Each of these texts is formulated in the way that its main characters, criticising mechanisms of shaping interpersonal relationships, strive toward the self-awareness, and through it – to a conscious participation in culture, achieved by a responsible, though difficult, taking part in their own familiar privacy.

Keywords

PL

powieści Staniasława Brzozowskiego; rodzina; trauma

EN

Stanisław Brzozowski's novels; family; trauma

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski / Instytut Badań Literackich PAN
• Journal: Napis. Pismo poświęcone literaturze okolicznościowej i użytkowej
• Year: 2013
• Issue: 19
• Pages: 131-147

Contributors

author

Dzikowski Marcin

• Uniwersytet Warszawski