Zapisywanie miejsca : szkice o Śląsku w literaturze przełomu wieków XX i XXI

Abstract

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.