On Borders: Przewózby Andrzej Stasiuk and Its Past and Present Contextual Influences Cover Image

O granicach. „Przewóz” Andrzeja Stasiuka wobec tradycji i współczesności
On Borders: Przewózby Andrzej Stasiuk and Its Past and Present Contextual Influences

Author(s): Agnieszka Czyżak
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: contemporary prose; autobiographical essay; prose of ruralspaces; borders

Summary/Abstract: The article interprets the novel Przewóz (2021) written by Andrzej Stasiuk. The author narrates two stories: an autobiographical essay about the contemporary perspective of the Polish reality and a historical plot unfolding in the border territory by the river Bug in 1941. The main themes of the novel include myths of collective consciousness, the past and present of rural spaces, the critique of common opinions concerning World War 2 and the Holocaust, as well the theme of a border as influencing human life and identity in both, figurative and substantial aspects.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 20
  • Page Range: 209-219
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish