Abstract
This paper aims at a synthetic presentation of four representative research practices in the first stage of postcolonial studies concerned with Polish literature of the Romantic period. This is currently one of the key tools utilised in the studies of Polish Romanticism, which proved to offer a considerable scope for revisions, especially with regard to the myth of the Borderlands and Messianism, thus enabling major Romantic ideologies and myths to be redefined in terms of identity. An analysis of research discourses reveals the shortcomings and benefits of the postcolonial method when employed in the studies of Polish Romanticism. On the one hand, an all too rigid application of the tools has led to certain interpretive simplifications of Romantic texts, while on the other the authors of the discussed works were able to conceptualize the identities of Polish Romantic literature anew.
Highlights
This paper aims at a synthetic presentation of four representative research practices in the first stage of postcolonial studies concerned with Polish literature of the Romantic period
This is currently one of the key tools utilised in the studies of Polish Romanticism, which proved to offer a considerable scope for revisions, especially with regard to the myth of the Borderlands and Messianism, enabling major Romantic ideologies and myths to be redefined in terms of identity
Summary The author takes a look at a number of major adaptations of postcolonial theory in the studies of Polish literature of the Romantic period
Summary
This paper aims at a synthetic presentation of four representative research practices in the first stage of postcolonial studies concerned with Polish literature of the Romantic period. This is currently one of the key tools utilised in the studies of Polish Romanticism, which proved to offer a considerable scope for revisions, especially with regard to the myth of the Borderlands and Messianism, enabling major Romantic ideologies and myths to be redefined in terms of identity. Badania postkolonialne są więc jednym z głównych w dzisiejszej humanistyce ujęć emancypacyjnych, dążących do przepracowania w świetle nowego humanizmu dotychczasowych klisz dyskursywnych wiążących się z opresywną relacją spotkania kolonialnego, kiedy podmiot kolonizujący (imperium) narzucał kolonizowanemu (poprzez podbój, najczęściej zamorski) swój dominujący dyskurs oparty na binarnych opozycjach aksjologicznych (wyższe – niższe, lepsze – gorsze itp.), w wyniku wprowadzenia swej władzy i tym samym swego widzenia Innego. Jest więc postkolonializm – jak inne badania kulturowe – metodologią opartą na Foucaltowskich kategoriach wiedzy i władzy, poddawanych krytycznej rewizji
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