„POLSKA DŻUNGLA”. WOKÓŁ POLESIA FERDYNANDA ANTONIEGO OSSENDOWSKIEGO
THE „POLISH JUNGLE". ON POLESIE BY FERDYNAND ANTONI OSSENDOWSKI
Author(s): Aleksander WójtowiczSubject(s): Military history, Political history, Polish Literature, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: Polesie; Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski; Eastern Borderlands; reportage; colonialism;
Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes Polesie by F.A. Ossendowski in the context of the interwar beliefs in an exotic nature of the region, expressed in a metaphor of the “Polish jungle”. It shows how a factographical narrative accommodates elements of various discourses (natural history, military, political) and how it shaped strategies of representation. Within that strategy the modernization of Polesie was shown as a civilizing mission, strictly connected with polonization of its inhabitants.
Journal: Humanistyka i Przyrodoznawstwo
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 25
- Page Range: 283-298
- Page Count: 16
- Language: Polish