Heroes and traitors in the tribunal of History. The fate of poet Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński and France Balantič and their works on the background of the Polish and Slovenian poetry of “the crippled time” Cover Image

Bohaterzy i zdrajcy w trybunale Historii. Los poety i poezji, Krzysztofa Kamila Baczyńskiego oraz France Balantiča na tle polskiej i słoweńskiej liryki „czasu kalekiego”
Heroes and traitors in the tribunal of History. The fate of poet Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński and France Balantič and their works on the background of the Polish and Slovenian poetry of “the crippled time”

Author(s): Joanna Pszczoła
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts
Published by: Akademia im. Jakuba z Paradyża
Keywords: poetry;politics;heroism;betrayal;national and personal identity;honor;homeland;love;God;

Summary/Abstract: War, like any crisis provokes new “injustices of history." We can”t havecertainty today whether or not Baczyński would "past away" after the Uprising asthe "Anode" and many other young people, soldiers from the heart and history,while his work in communist Poland would be in the index of banned books andhe would not be "traitor". "Anode" - the insurgent hero in Communist Polandwas considered as a traitor, Baczyński - on the contrary - today is the undisputedhero and his work certainly is one of the pearls of contemporary Polish poetry,and the Polish people - echoing Stanislaw Pigoń - those who came to shoot anenemy with diamonds. Contemporary literary critic, Stanislaw Baczyński fearedthat "the Apostles, no one listens." However, the history of literature, assessedpoetry of his son, Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński positive. Slovenian poet Balantič,like the other "white" guerrillas history clearly assessed as traitors, annihilatingthem physically, while their poetry pushing for 40 years for the "Orwellian" grave of oblivion, covering many years of silence the poets and their works.Domobran situation is still not fully elucidated. No one is not, admittedly,officially forbidden to publish - and more - read the poets of the guerrillas, butnot every researcher of Slovenian literature has such openness. Not the first time,the arbitrary decisions taken by politicians influenced the fate of writers and theirworks, perhaps not the last time.

  • Issue Year: 7/2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 225-232
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Polish
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