Wisła akwakrytyczna: głębokie mapowanie źródeł literackich w perspektywie nowej historiografii powodzi (1934)
Aquacritical Vistula: Deep Mapping of Literary Sources and New Historiography of the 1934 Flood

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the aquacritical interpretation of literary texts in the paradigm ofthe new historiography of the 1934 flood. By applying deep mapping of interpretationsand methodology developed in the field of ecocriticism and spatial studies, the authorsanalyze the works by J. Kurek, K. I. Gałczyński, and M. Płaza to indicate the frequentrenamings in the flood vocabulary. Examination of language militarization in floodnarratives (fighting the river) and its symptomatic discourse of power and control (controlover the river element) shows that both the Polish experience of the First World War –along with subsequent military conflicts – and the impact of militarized state politicsleft a mark on the flood vocabulary and resulted in a disagreement between the humansubject and the living river.

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