»…vzpomínám na něho ustavičně a přeji mu, aby se mu tatínek brzo vrátil«. Therapeutic function 
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»…vzpomínám na něho ustavičně a přeji mu, aby se mu tatínek brzo vrátil«. O (terapeutycznej) roli pamięci w korespondencji więziennej Jana Zahradníčka
»…vzpomínám na něho ustavičně a přeji mu, aby se mu tatínek brzo vrátil«. Therapeutic function of memory in Jan Zahradníček’s prison correspondence

Author(s): Aleksandra Pająk
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: epistolography; memory; trauma; Jan Zahradníček; Aleida Assmann

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses letters written by a Czech poet – Jan Zahradníček during his stay in prison to his wife – Maria in the period 1951 to 1960. A selection not only presents a record of life trauma resulting from long-time isolation and family tragedy (death of his two daughters) but also a testimony of the poet’s memory, which enabled the author to survive hard times. Aleida Assmann’s considerations (among others) constitute the starting point for memory description. The considerations primarily related to collective memory of societies affected with traumatic past could also be useful for the analysed individual case study.

  • Issue Year: XIX/2019
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 329-344
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish