PAMIĘĆ, NARRACJA I TOŻSAMOŚĆ W POWIEŚCI JELENY CZYŻOWEJ CZAS KOBIET
MEMORY, NARRATION AND IDENTITY IN ELENA CHIZHOVA’S NOVEL THE TIME OF WOMEN

Summary/Abstract: In The Time of Women by Elena Chizhova, political totalitarian system is shown through the prism of intimate, familial relationships – those most basic and foundational human connections. First, the article addresses the themes of memory and metamemory, which are the novel’s leitmotif. Second, it explores the metaphor of text weaving, where sewing and knitting – sensually and haptically conveyed through the medium of fabric and yarn – symbolize the process of merging memories, images, fairy tales, and dreams into an intertextual network of the protagonists’ recollections. Finally, the article considers the role of fairy tales that contribute to a form of hypertextual narration.

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