Academic Nostalgia in Mystery Novels Celebrating Old Polish Universities
Academic Nostalgia in Mystery Novels Celebrating Old Polish Universities
Author(s): Oksana BlashkivSubject(s): Comparative Study of Literature, Polish Literature, Higher Education , Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Universitatii LUCIAN BLAGA din Sibiu
Keywords: campus novel; academic mystery; historical novel; contemporary Polish literature; cultural memory; nostalgia; university; University of Warsaw; University of Poznań; Tadeusz Cegielski; Joanna Jodełka;
Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the campus novels Głowa. Powieść nocy zimowej (2016) by Tadeusz Cegielski and Rektorski czek (2018) by Joanna Jodełka, written to commemorate the foundation of the University of Warsaw and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań respectively. This article first considers the generic peculiarities of the selected novels and then goes on to present the image of the university and academic community in these novels, in order to tap into the nostalgia surrounding the Golden Age of the Polish university. While promoting the idea of “the Polish university” as the source of clear values, a moral compass, and even a condition of the political re-establishment of the Polish state for the reader of mysteries, the novels prompt a re-evaluation of the present-day condition and reflections on the future of the academe for its members.
Journal: East-West Cultural Passage
- Issue Year: 22/2022
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 73-99
- Page Count: 27
- Language: English
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