Literatura wobec pracy pamięci na przykładzie Oksany Włodzimierza Odojewskiego
Literature and Memory Work: Włodzimierz Odojewski’s Oksana

Summary/Abstract: This article explores the problem of postmemory in Włodzimierz Odojewski’s novel Oksana, embodied in the main female character. Kowalik begins by discussing the psychological notion of memory work related to a traumatic experience (theVolhynian massacre) as an enduring problem in Odojewski’s work on Ukrainian themes. She introduces the concept of dialogic memory as well as otherness, which are treated as essential indicators of the therapeutic process. Her main thesis is that Odojewski’s writing on Ukraine evolves, with Oksana representing the final stage of his memory work concerning the events in Poland’s Eastern Borderlands during World War II. To allow the Other affected by post-memory an equal voice in the Polish-Ukrainian dialogue proves to be an important element in the therapeutic process in the national context.

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