Melancholics on the Vistula River

• Authors: Dariusz Piechota
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article discusses the theme of melancholy in Polish prose of the 21st century, using four contemporary novels – Pokolenie Ikea [The IKEA generation](2012) by Piotr C., Wszyscy jesteśmy hipsterami [We are all hipsters] (2016) by Dariusz Radecki, Melanżeria [Melangery] (2011) by Anna Klara Majewska and Za pięć rewolta [Five minutes to a revolt] (2011) by Dawid Kain – as conspicuous examples of its presence. The author suggests that due to the increased pace of social and technological changes the generation of thirty-year-olds experiences a feeling of melancholy, formerly characteristic for elderly people and analyses the protagonists of the novels selected to present how they cope with a reality that does not fulfil them.

Keywords

EN

melancholy; youth; consumption; transience; depression

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Rzeszowski. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego
• Journal: Tematy i Konteksty
• Year: 2020
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 413-426

Dates

published

2021-02-21

Contributors

author

Dariusz Piechota

Identifiers

DOI

10.15584/tik.spec.eng.2020.22