Війна як повсякденність у „Відлунні світу” Саломеї Русєцької де Пільштин

Abstract

The memoirs of Salomea Regina Pilsztyn née Rusiecka can be called a Baroque novel and, at the same time, is a remarkable monument of Belarusian and Polish literature. The work is a vivid manifestation of the self-identification of the author, who not only tries to see her life path in the context of her contemporary era but also records the memories of her life, recording the movements and experiences of her own soul. Here, the memoir genre gradually begins to dissolve in the narrative strategies of a prose work. War should be considered in memoirs as an artistic image and a phenomenon of everyday life. The discourse and historiosophy of the image of war as a history of everyday life in the memoirs of Salomea Rusiecka become the heart of his narrative strategies. War is one of the most important artistic concepts of this work. The poetics of the image of war in the text is based on a realistic presentation of events and details. War, captivity and death, blood, and suffering in the memoirs of Rusietska de Pilschtyn appear as indispensable and integral details of the history of everyday life of people and peoples of the Baroque era. The author of the memoirs created a memorable image of the war of the Baroque period giving remarkable evidence of the birth of her objectification: the narrator presents herself as a direct participant in the war events – both as a witness of particular historical processes and as involved in the space of war through her personal reflection.