The Unwritten Epic. Remarks on a Forgotten Liberation
The author addresses the issue of the history of Polish emancipatory movement and its lacking epic. When it comes to indicators or signifiers of emancipation, the few Polish novels, studies or television productions addressing this topic are rather insufficient and usually attract only academics. No...
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| Формат: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Язык: | Anglais |
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Teksty Drugie
2024
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| Online-ссылка: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Итог: | The author addresses the issue of the history of Polish emancipatory movement and its lacking epic. When it comes to indicators or signifiers of emancipation, the few Polish novels, studies or television productions addressing this topic are rather insufficient and usually attract only academics. No such texts of culture circulate widely enough in Polish discourse to become narratives that organize the collective imagination. Indeed, they are not signifiers in the sense of being able to organize subjective self-representation and regulate how Poles perceive themselves. For a text of culture to become a signifier, it needs to establish a self-representation of the collective subject, allowing it to wander through a vision of its own history. On this journey, signifiers function as road signs that help to stay the course. Such fantasy routes constitute the backbone of national identity. Determined by family life and education, they are also evoked during countless state holidays, celebrations and commemorations, as well as reiterated on these occasions by millions of voices and discussed in feature or popularizing programs. The author shows, what could be the backbone of such a narrative of liberation in Poland. |
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