Przestrzeń utracona i tożsamość (nie)zbudowana. Świat wspomnień jako forma terapii tożsamościowej w Lidzie Aleksandra Jurewicza
Journal: Białostockie Studia Literaturoznawcze
Year: 2020

The article offers an interpretation of Lida by Aleksander Jurewicz by examining the condition of a post-Yalta migrant, who cannot adjust to the new place. A detailed analysis of Jurewicz’s use of memories allows us to understand Lida as a form which, through literature, heals the relocation trauma and helps one to restore a cohesive sense of self. By referring to the concept of repressed memory of a traumatized melancholic, multiple repetitions and a sense of lost identity, the author demonstra