Obcość i swojskość przestrzeni Dolnego Śląska w powieści Zyty Oryszyn Ocalenie Atlantydy (2012)

• Authors: Dylewska Agnieszka

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Strangeness and Familiarity of the Space of Lower Silesia in Zyta Oryszyn’s Novel Saving Atlantis (2012)

Abstracts

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The main purpose of this article is to portray the complex mechanism of taming the strangespace of Lower Silesia in Zyta Oryszyn’s polyphonic novel Saving Atlantis. The central issue underdiscussion is the analysis of the multifaceted categories of familiarity and strangeness in the literaryrepresentation of space created by the author. Another important point considered is the answerto the question whether, and to what extent, the acceptance of the new reality and identification withthe new homeland are possible. Finally, the process of searching or reconstructing one’s own identityis illustrated as situated between a tragedy and a new beginning, between the Polish and the Germanidentities, between familiarity and strangeness.

Keywords

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Lower Silesia; identity; familiarity; strangeness

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
• Journal: Prace Literaturoznawcze
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 259-274

Contributors

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Dylewska Agnieszka