Memory and Objects. About the Autobiographical Narratives Written by Lydia Flem and Marcin Wicha Cover Image

Pamięć i rzeczy. O narracjach autobiograficznych Lydii Flem i Marcina Wichy
Memory and Objects. About the Autobiographical Narratives Written by Lydia Flem and Marcin Wicha

Author(s): Małgorzata Okupnik
Subject(s): Review, Comparative Study of Literature, Polish Literature, Other Language Literature
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: post-memory; objects; Lydia Flem; Marcin Wicha;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of paper is to discover traces of the deceased and recreate bonds between a human and an object (objects). In the narrative two autobiographies were analysed: Lydia Flem’s ‘How I emptied my parents’ house’ (‘Comment j’ai vidé la maison de mes parents’) and Marcin Wicha’s ‘Items I didn’t throw away’ (‘Rzeczy, których nie wyrzuciłem’). Both authors mourn their mothers. According to the specific Jewish ‘idiom’ they run a post-memorial thread related to their mothers’ origins and historical implications (post-memory is understood, after Marianne Hirsch, as a specific kind of transfer of some traumatic experience).

  • Issue Year: 17/2020
  • Issue No: 65
  • Page Range: 75-87
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish