Published: 2021-12-31

Hostages of the Past

Andrzej Dariusz Juchniewicz Logo ORCID
Section: Readings and Diagnoses
https://doi.org/10.31261/Rana.2021.4.07

Abstract

Anna Kuchta’s book Wobec postpamięci. Tożsamość drugiego pokolenia po Holokauście w świetle zjawiska postpamięci na podstawie wybranych przykładów współczesnej polskiej literatury wspomnieniowej is devoted to postmemorial narratives, whose authors confront their parents’ past and attempt to find their
own narration about the Jewish identity and the Holocaust. Kuchta writes about being dependent on the parents’ past, verbal violence and lack of understanding, which are the consequences of being surrounded by survivors. Her book has a chance to become one of the most important contributions on the effects of the Holocaust on the second generation. The Cracow-based literary scholar divides her work into two parts. In the first one, she presents her framework of the book, explains the terms of postmemory and identity, and justifies her selection of texts. In the second one, she examines eight books: Rodzinna historia lęku by Agata Tuszyńska, Goldi. Apoteoza zwierzaczkowatości and Frascati. Apoteoza topografii by Ewa Kuryluk, Utwór o Matce i Ojczyźnie by Bożena Keff, Włoskie szpilki and Szum by Magdalena Tulli, Fałszerze pieprzu by Monika Sznajderman and Wyznanie by Roman Gren.

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Juchniewicz, A. D. (2021) “Hostages of the Past”, Rana. Literatura - Doświadczenie - Tożsamość [Wound. Literature – Experience – Identity], (2 (4), pp. 1–19. doi: 10.31261/Rana.2021.4.07.

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No. 2 (4) (2021)
Published: 2022-04-01


eISSN: 2719-5767
Ikona DOI 10.31261/rana

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Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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