Reality Remembered: History and Memory of the Shoah in Piotr Paziński’s Fiction Cover Image
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Rzeczywistość zapamiętana. Historia i pamięć Zagłady w prozie Piotra Pazińskiego
Reality Remembered: History and Memory of the Shoah in Piotr Paziński’s Fiction

Author(s): Kamil Nolbert
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Piotr Paziński; Holocaust; Shoah; memory; history; trauma

Summary/Abstract: Nolbert inscribes the work of Polish writer Piotr Paziński (b. 1973) in the broader contextof post-memory literature as well as the interdisciplinary debate on possible forms ofrepresenting the Shoah in art. Drawing on scholars such as Hayden White he exploresthe tension, palpable in Paziński’s works, between history and individual/collectivememory. Nolbert also discusses how this tension shapes the represented universe, theprotagonists and the very structure of the text.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 255-271
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish