Narratives of Malady in Ukrainian Popular Culture. Selected Examples Cover Image

Narracje maladyczne w ukraińskiej literaturze popularnej. Wybrane przykłady
Narratives of Malady in Ukrainian Popular Culture. Selected Examples

Author(s): Marta Zambrzycka
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Ukraine; popular literature; narrative; discourse; disease; illness; sickness
Summary/Abstract: The book concerns the subject matter of illness in Ukrainian popular literature. The author refers to interdisciplinary approaches that combine humanist-leaning currents of medicine with those literary studies perspectives that appreciate the importance of corporeality in studying culture and identity. Narratives of malady in popular culture – which shapes social attitudes and worldviews – make up a new, ethically engaged social discourse that stresses the importance of individual perspectives and causes Ukrainian-language works of popular fiction to become initiators of cultural change.

  • E-ISBN-13: 978-83-235-5662-6
  • Print-ISBN-13: 978-83-235-5654-1
  • Page Count: 230
  • Publication Year: 2022
  • Language: Polish