The longing for portraying the past in reports about Galicia by Martin Pollack Cover Image

Sehnsucht nach Erschließung der Vergangenheit in den Galizien-Reportagen von Martin Pollack
The longing for portraying the past in reports about Galicia by Martin Pollack

Author(s): Gabriela Jelitto-Piechulik
Subject(s): Aesthetics, Local History / Microhistory, Theory of Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Jana Długosza w Częstochowie
Keywords: Martin Pollak; Galicia; Eastern Galicia; reportages; historical landscape;

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the article revolves around discussing the concept of ‘longing’ in reports about Galicia by Martin Pollack. The basis of the reflection is the author’s family biography in relation to historical transformations, as well as his personal experiences and observations during his travels through Galicia. In the center of the discussion there is the question of how Pollack (re)constructs the historical space and illustrates it in an aesthetic and literary way. Through his reports, Pollack strives to rediscover Galicia on the basis of individual and collective memories.

  • Issue Year: 7/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 87-108
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: German