Flux (of) Literatures. A Few Remarks on Literatures in Ethnolects Cover Image

Literatury przepływów? Kilka uwag o literaturach etnolektalnych
Flux (of) Literatures. A Few Remarks on Literatures in Ethnolects

Author(s): Karolina Pospiszyl
Subject(s): Aesthetics, Czech Literature, Polish Literature, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Philology, Translation Studies, Theory of Literature
Published by: Instytut Nauk o Kulturze i Studiów Interdyscyplinarnych - Wydział Filologiczny - Uniwersytet Śląski
Keywords: regionalism; literature; ethnolect; dialect; translation;

Summary/Abstract: Use of an ethnolect/ a minor language - not only in public discourse but also in literature (and literary translation) can be considered as a political act; it also plays a significant role in creating, reinforcing and enhancing regional communities. The paper focuses on main features of regional literatures in contemporary Poland, especially on those written in ethnolects and/or regional languages (e.g. Kashubian, Upper Silesian, Vilamovian/Wilamowicean, Prussian). The Author also discusses the most important issues regarding writing in ethnolects: low status of etnolects/dialects in comparison to national/literary languages, fluent identity, multilingualism, status of a regional culture.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 27
  • Page Range: 137-151
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish