La memoria desterrada: "Soldados de Salamina" de Javier Cercas en el contexto polaco

• Authors: Małgorzata Gaszyńska-Magiera

Title variants

EN

A memory in exile: "Soldados de Salamina" by Javier Cercas in the Polish context

• Languages of publication: ES

Abstracts

EN

This article analyzes some aspects of the reception of Javier Cercas’ novel Soldados de Salamina in Poland. This book is considered to be one of the emblematic works of the contemporary postmemorial trend in the Spanish narrative. Therefore, it seems to be appropriate to examine this novel and its Polish translation within the frame of memory studies using the concept of travelling memory. From this perspective, translation is perceived as a medium which transports the memory of past events belonging to a specific group into a different social and historical context. Polish and Spanish memories apparently do not have common points. It turns out, however, that the Polish reading public does not seem interested in the others’ memory, although is willing to accept some of their ways of dealing with the traumatic past.

Keywords

ES

traducción literaria; novela; guerra civil española; posmemoria

EN

literary translation; novel; Spanish civil war; postmemory; travelling memory

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wroclawskiego
• Journal: Estudios Hispánicos
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 26
• Pages: 27 - 38

Contributors

author

Małgorzata Gaszyńska-Magiera

• Uniwersytet Warszawski