Melancholics on the Vistula River

Obrazek miniatury

Data

2020

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.

Cytowanie

Tematy i Konteksty nr specjalny 1(2020), s. 413–426