District as Affective Place: Cwaniary by Sylwia Chutnik and Królowa Salwatora by Emma Popik Cover Image

Dzielnica jako miejsca afektywne – Cwaniary Sylwii Chutnik i Królowa Salwatora Emmy Popik
District as Affective Place: Cwaniary by Sylwia Chutnik and Królowa Salwatora by Emma Popik

Author(s): Katarzyna Szalewska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: urban fiction; city studies; urban space; locality; postmodernity

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes two urban novels Cwaniary by Sylwia Chutnik and Królowa Salwatora by Emma Popik. Both present the vision of city as an affective place. Their strongest similarity is in the way they project emotions upon the city and the transformations of public space which they document. The author of the article proposes to concentrate on a number of questions. These include the affective experience of urban space, polis as the space of ideological tensions, relationship between the centre and periphery, postmodern understanding of locality, and finally, the status of a district as the site of settling in, which allows one to claim “the right to the city”.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 51-63
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish