Collage as an Act of Profanation? On the Works of Ewa Kuryluk Cover Image

Kolaż jako akt profanacji. O twórczości Ewy Kuryluk
Collage as an Act of Profanation? On the Works of Ewa Kuryluk

Author(s): Karolina Koprowska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Kuryluk Ewa; collage; postmemory; Holocaust

Summary/Abstract: The article is an attempt to analyse both artwork and prose of Ewa Kuryluk, focusing on the question of the representation of the Holocaust and its boundaries. This analysis refers to “the generation of postmemory” which is struggling to work through a heritage of the Holocaust. The author uses the notion of collage concerning Kuryluk’s works to describe not only a technique of an art and literary production, but also an aesthetic process of reconstruction a family biography and seeking own identity as a member of traumatic experience.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 23
  • Page Range: 43-55
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish