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Zu schlesischen Szenarien der Identitätskonstruktion in Szczepan Twardochs Romanen "Morfina" und "Drach"

2020

Because of the dynamic history of Silesia and the related heterogeneity of its population, the problem of national identity in this region was and still is a very sensitive issue. Based on Szczepan Twardoch’s novels Morfina and Drach, the article’s author reconstructs the selected literary identity construction scenarios in the multinational region of Upper Silesia, thus attempting to identify the factors depending on the relevant historical context that affect the development of the sense of national and cultural identity, such as the political climate, individual benefits and interests, continuation of family traditions or the will to dissociate oneself from the past and ancestors. Furthe…