Author | Tomasz Majta |
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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 |
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.