Strefa "pomiędzy" w dwóch powieściach Katarzyny Tubylewicz

• The “between” zone in two novels by Katarzyna TubylewiczIn this article I analyze two novels by Katarzyna Tubylewicz: Własne miejsca (2005) and Rówieśniczki (2014). They have similar narrative structures, themes and stylistic modes. Their plots take place in both Sweden and Poland and reveal a world seen through different filters: social, historical, cultural, religious and emotional. The world presented in these books falls therefore in a “between” zone. The common denominator is mainly a problem of emigration, external and internal, as well as the problem of nationality. The author takes up, amongst others, the problem of xenophobia and societal attitudes to abortion and the Jewish cause. Tubylewicz also refers to and parodies the various national stereotypes, including the image of the Polish Mother and opinions of other nationalities and cultures. An important question is whether preservation of national identity and fidelity to one’s own culture is possible in times of geographical mobility.

Subject headings

HUMANIORA  -- Språk och litteratur -- Studier av enskilda språk (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Languages and Literature -- Specific Languages (hsv//eng)

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literary strategy

emigration

national identity

Katarzyna Tubylewicz

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