„Polskie Łużyce” – próba literackiej rewitalizacji. O powieściach Haliny Barań

Abstract

"Polish Lusatia" – An Attempt at Literary Revitalization: On the Novels of Halina Barań The article "Polish Lusatia" – An Attempt at Literary Revitalization: On the Novels of Halina Barań describes the collective memory and the regional identity field of the contemporary inhabitants of the area between Kwisa and Lusatian Neisse. „Polish Lusatia” is a borderland and polycentric area, therefore the author of the article takes into account it’s relationship with Polish and Sorbian national identification, "post-German" traces in the local landscape and regionally dominant (Lower) Silesia. From this perspective, he discusses Halina Barań's novels about Lusatia, analyzing the historiosophy and geopolitics of her fiction, as well as popular tropes used by the Bogatynia’s writer, including the "sack" (panhandle) and "tripoint" metaphors.