"Język to sznur pod dzwon”. Krytycznoliteracka próba (re)konstrukcji tożsamości pokoleniowej polskiej poezji najmłodszej
„Tongue’s a Bell Rope to Ring”. Critical Literary Attempt to (Re)construct a Generational Identity in the Polish Contemporary Poetry

Summary/Abstract: The article presents a selected formative projects of polish poetry after1989—especially contemporary engaged poetry—that have been frequently discus-sed so far. The author connects the term „generation” with identity issues, however——contrary to Kazimierz Wyka—he does not understand it as an effect of genera-tional experience, but rather as a part of an identity project. The author claims thatthe contemporary poets’ generations should be considered in the terms of conven-tionality, therefore the aim is to link an individual biography up to a broader contextof a community’s biography. Moreover it stems from an idea of collective socio--political engagement. The „generation” understood this way is no longer just a termof literary history, but on the contrary—a relevant interpretative tool.

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