Open AccessMelancholia Kresów w powieściach: "Pożoga" Zofii Kossak-Szczuckiej i "Burza od wschodu" Marii Dunin-Kozickiej
Author(s) -
Paulina Szot-Słota
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
bibliotekarz podlaski
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2544-8900
pISSN - 1640-7806
DOI - 10.36770/bp.558
Subject(s) - melancholia , feeling , documentation , history , psychoanalysis , politics , psychology , art , literature , social psychology , political science , law , computer science , mood , programming language
The article touches on the topic of Borderlands melancholy in the memories of memories: Pożoga Zofia Kossak-Szczucka and Burza od wschodu by Maria Dunin-Kozicka. The melancholy that appears after the loss of family possessions is analyzed. The process of dealing with loss is long and does not always end successfully. In their stories, Kossak-Szczucka and Dunin-Kozicka present traumatic historical events that they experienced during the socio-political upheaval that took place in Borderland at the beginning of the 20th century. Writing down their experiences, they create documentation of the whole spectrum of feelings experienced. The melancholy they fall into makes them constantly think back to happy times. Writing down memories becomes a kind of an act of relief, getting used to the harms suffered, but it does not lead to complete reconciliation with the loss suffered.