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Encounters with Polish and Ukrainian Literature with Dr Katarzyna Zechenter

13 August 2024

Polish Cultural Institute New York

Dr Katarzyna Zechenter,Associate Professor in Polish Studies at SSEES appeared as a guest speaker on theEncounters with Polish and Ukrainian Literaturevideo series, “Tadeusz Konwicki” (S4E7). The series, created by the , is foranyone interested in literature and the culture of books and reading.

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This episode focuses on Tadeusz Konwicki (1926-2015), who made a significant contribution to the culture of dissent in Poland toward the end of the Communist period, leading up to the Solidarity movement. The discussion focuses onhis major novels, including‘A Dreambook for Our Time,’‘The Polish Complex,’‘A Minor Apocalypse,’ and‘Bohin Manor,’while also reflecting onhis lesser-known works.Key topics include the controversies relating to Konwicki’s early socialist realist period, the representation of women and the male gaze in his works, and the importance of his novels from the pre-Solidarity period of the 1960s and 70s in shaping a discourse of freedom and multicultural pluralism in Poland.

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