Abstract
The article follows Piotr Sztompka’s concept of the social transformation as collective cultural trauma in the postcommunist countries. Its symptoms, adaptive strategies and impact on the cultural sphere are described in Bulgarian and Polish context with examples from both literatures. Even though the post-1989 transformation is related to a major liberalization and overhaul of the ideological control and censorship in literature – an overall positive development – certain authors emphasize on the negative aspects of this social change in the cultural field. Vladimir Zarev’s Decay and Jan Polskowski’s Traces of Blood are analyzed as examples of novels which depict these negative outcomes of the post-1989 period. The text compares their depiction of the main charecters’s struggles, as well as the traumatic nature of their adaptation on the new postcommunist societies.
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