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Да пытання творчага феномену Беларускай літаратуры Польшчы
Creative phenomenon of Polish Belarusian literature

Author(s): Anna Sakowicz
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Belarussian Literature, Polish Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: Belarusian literature in Poland; the literary association “Białowieża”; small homeland; borderland; iterature as a memory

Summary/Abstract: This article analyses the phenomenon of the Belarusian Literature Association “Belavezha” in Poland. The organisation was founded in 1958 on the wave of Belarusian revival processes in the Białystok region. The works of Belarusian writers, Polish citizens, in which the themes of Belarusian and Polish reality, culture and history are reflected, make analyses difficult for Polish and Belarusian literary scholars. The research perspective is an important factor in the classification of the works of “Białowieża people”, which is included in the Kresy (regional or borderland) literature. The article notes that the research perspective is an important factor in the classification of the work of “Białowieża people”.It is emphasized that discrepancies between the Polish and Belarusian understanding of the nature of the work of BLA “Belavezha” members are natural, although the works of the inhabitants of the Białystok region cannot be depleted by comparison with only one national literature and inscribed in the literature of the Borderlands or the region. Heterogeneous and borderland “Białowieża” literature originates from Belarusian roots and to a large extent belongs to the Belarusian context and heritage, and is generally a natural phase in the development of Belarusian literature.

  • Issue Year: 2/2020
  • Issue No: XXV
  • Page Range: 45-60
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Belarusian