„A my nie chcemy uciekać stąd…” – works of Jacek Kaczmarski towards martial law in Poland Cover Image

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„A my nie chcemy uciekać stąd…” – works of Jacek Kaczmarski towards martial law in Poland

Author(s): Jarosław Ciszek, Tomasz Okraska
Subject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Music, Studies of Literature, Sociology, Special Historiographies:, Polish Literature, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Sociology of Culture, History of Communism
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Jacek Kaczmarski; bard; poetry; martial law;PPR

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the life and work of Jacek Kaczmarski during martial law in Poland (1981-1983). First, attention is paid to the life of poet who was in France when decision to impose martial law in Poland was taken. Exile deprived him very important to the bards direct contact with the national audience. Then, the authors undertake the analysis of selected works which Kaczmarski wrote in the period of martial law or otherwise related to it. The main aim of the research is to consider the problem of the role of creator of culture in creating the memory of important historical events.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: XIII
  • Page Range: 441-460
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish