On the Way of Transposing Space in Eugeniusz Małaczewski’s Novel Horse on the Hill Cover Image

O sposobie transponowania przestrzeni w noweli Eugeniusza Małaczewskiego Koń na wzgórzu
On the Way of Transposing Space in Eugeniusz Małaczewski’s Novel Horse on the Hill

Author(s): Dorota Kielak
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Political history, Social history, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: topographic turn; Eugeniusz Małaczewski; Galician myth; Eastern Borderlands; Polish-Soviet War;

Summary/Abstract: The article describes the method of making the space of the Eastern Borderlands present in Eugeniusz Małaczewski’s novel Horse on the Hill, devoted to the events of the Polish-Soviet War. The analysis of the work was made in the perspective of the topographical turn and in the context of the literature of the so-called Galician myth. Research attention was focused on the literary way of transposing the space of a noble court with its natural surroundings, and at the same time on the meaning of the motif of silence, which the writer used to ethically characterize the transposed space. Its consequence was the “spatialization” of the spiritual transformation of the hero of the novella. Consequently, it leads to the conviction that the spiritual format of man gives value to the space in which he lives, establishes its dimension and allows us to understand it.

  • Issue Year: 41/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 75-86
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish