Różne oblicza pamięci, czyli o tym, jak została ona celebrytą w twórczości?
Various faces of memory, or how it became a celebrity in literary production?

Author(s): Klaudia Diana Szpocińska
Subject(s): Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: memory; patriotism; emotionality; time
Summary/Abstract: In the article I am examining a subject matter of universality of the topic of memory in literary production. I am answering the question why the above-mentioned complex issue is discussed so frequently in a large number of works. Using the analysis approach, I am presenting in which contexts the process of commemorating is commonly debated in the literary works of various writers. Due to the comparative method, I am showing different ways of presenting a term of memory in literature. In the result of examination I am noticing that the aforementioned problem is common issue during the discussing mainly historical, nationwide, psychological and faith content. Apart from this, it can be conclued – the memory has got special connections with patriotism and human emotionalism. Its fight with unavoidably passing time is incessantly noticed. In my article I used examples from Polish, Russian and other literature. Citations from many known literary works were aimed at presenting a full range of associations with the aforementioned concept of “memory”. Because of changing specificity of our times, in the article I carried out a study about the most popular categories of presenting a motif of memory among artists from various parts of the world. The open question is how common technology and digitization will impact on transformation of illustrating of the mentioned problem of memory at a future date.

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