Zombie jako wyraz traumy. Dehnel i sprawa polska

Abstract

The article deals with the topic of the zombie figure on the example of Jacek Dehnel’s novel: Ale z naszymi umarłymi. The figure of the zombie is analyzed, its reference to the issue of trauma, as well as the romantic paradigm. In the article, the issue of zombies is primarily related to the necrophilic nature of Polish culture and how the culture of persevering in death was created and initiated by Romanticism. The object of interest is also the contemporary image of Poland and the social diagnosis made by Dehnel.