Melancholics on the Vistula River

Obrazek miniatury
Data
2020
Autorzy
Piechota, Dariusz
Tytuł czasopisma
ISSN
Tytuł tomu
Wydawnictwo
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego
Abstrakt
The article discusses the theme of melancholy in Polish prose of the 21st century, using four contemporary novels – „Pokolenie Ikea” [The IKEA generation] (2012) by Piotr C., „Wszyscy jesteśmy hipsterami” [We are all hipsters] (2016) by Dariusz Radecki, „Melanżeria” [Melangery] (2011) by Anna Klara Majewska and „Za pięć rewolta” [Five minutes to a revolt] (2011) by Dawid Kain – as conspicuous examples of its presence. The author suggests that due to the increased pace of social and technological changes the generation of thirty-year-olds experiences a feeling of melancholy, formerly characteristic for elderly people and analyses the protagonists of the novels selected to present how they cope with a reality that does not fulfil them.
Opis
Translated by Elżbieta Rokosz.
Słowa kluczowe
melancholy , youth , consumption , transience , depression
Cytowanie
Tematy i Konteksty nr specjalny 1(2020), s. 413–426