Published: 2020-12-12

Polish Literature from the Perspective of 
Contemporary European Comparative Studies

Maria Delaperrière

Abstract

Developments that have been observed in the last decades (globalisation, postmodernism, postcolonialism) have influenced changes in European critical discourse and brought cultural phenomena to the fore. One of the consequences of this new postcolonial consciousness is the challenging of the 19th century concept of Weltliteratur, which is based on Western European tradition.

The author of the article refers to the postcolonial writings of E. Said, G.Ch. Spivak and H.K. Bhabhy as well as the concept of cultural dialogue by H. Gadamer, E. Levinas, P. Ricoeur and regards Polish contemporary literature from the perspective of Western research where the traditional, Platonian model of European culture as being a universal culture, is replaced by a dynamic, intercultural interaction. Confronting “homeliness” with “foreigness” produces less narrow assessments. Hierarchies and conditions disappear here and common cultural experience seems to be most important.

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Delaperrière, M. (2020). Polish Literature from the Perspective of 
Contemporary European Comparative Studies. Postscriptum Polonistyczne, 11(1), 29–39. Retrieved from https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/PPol/article/view/10555

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2013)
Published: 2020-12-16


ISSN: 1898-1593
eISSN: 2353-9844
Ikona DOI 10.31261/PS_P

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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