INSTYTUT LITERATUROZNAWSTWA I JĘZYKOZNAWSTWA

Studia Filologiczne UJK

Philological Studies

ISSN 2300-5459 e-ISSN 2450-0380

 

 

Author Tomasz Majta
Title Silesianness as unwanted strangeness? Pokora by Twardoch as a study of identity choice
Keywords Szczepan Twardoch, Silesia, foreignness, First World War, identity
Pages 115-124
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Volume 37

Summary

This paper briefly analyses the issue of Silesian identity at the end of the First World War and during the failed Bolshevik revolution in Germany, presented in the novel Pokora [Humility] by Silesian writer Szczepan Twardoch. Silesianity implies alienation for the main character, Alois Pokora, which leads to a fear of assuming any kind of identity. The discussion employs an anthropological and cultural perspective based on Z. Bauman’s theses.