Abstrakt: | The book comprises drafts devoted to selected literary works in which Silesia
is „saved” in different ways. Among others, interpretations of the following
books are presented: Urodzony w Święto Zmarłych by Feliks Netz, Finis Silesiae
by Henryk Waniek, Piąta strona świata by Kazimierz Kutz, Mariacka by Jacek
Durski, Przygoda na Tylnej Mariackiej by Witold Turant. The author makes an attempt
to answer the question on how the issues typical of this area were reflected
in works belonging to the trend of „small homelands”, regional literature, a circle
of popular publications (retro detective stores), and in esseistics (Nagrobek
ciotki Cili by Stefan Szymutko, Lajerman by Aleksander Nawarecki). The subject
of interest constitutes both popular books and those less-known though worth
attention for various reasons. Interpretations were placed in broader contexts of
changes in Polish literature and the development of studies on the role of space
in the culture (a „topographic turning point”).
Starting from reading selected works, from details to concretes (also geographical
ones), the author aims at outlining a more general and universal problem
connected with a relationship between the literature and the place, man and
space experienced. |