Zwischen dem Gedenken und der Ideologisierung der Kämpfe der Legionen in den Ostkarpaten in der polnischen Literatur der Zwischenkriegszeit

The article provides a critical analysis of representations of the Eastern Carpathians present in the interwar Polish literature, as a space marked by memory of the legionary battles during the Great War. Alongside the image of the Hutsul Region as a space of idyllic nature or a civilizing missio...

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Main Author: Jagoda Wierzejska
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Published: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://wuwr.pl/glk/article/view/17593
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description The article provides a critical analysis of representations of the Eastern Carpathians present in the interwar Polish literature, as a space marked by memory of the legionary battles during the Great War. Alongside the image of the Hutsul Region as a space of idyllic nature or a civilizing mission calculated to integrate the mountainous borderland with the rest of the modern state, the interwar Polish literature brought an image of the region as a unique place on the historical level for Poles. Interwar Polish writers presented the Eastern Carpathians as a prominent place on maps of the legionary combat routes, and thus as existing with special rights in the Polish national memory. Additionally, they portrayed Poles in military entourage and the Hutsuls as their helpers in the fight for Poland’s independence, and then for maintaining Polish order on the South-Eastern outskirts of the country. This way of presenting the Hutsul region and the Hutsuls in the Polish dominant discourse of the interwar period (especially literary discourse) was greatly influenced by the war events that took place in 1914–1915. The 2nd and 3rd Infantry Regiments of the Legions fought then in the Eastern Carpathians against the Russians. Literary representations and reminiscences of legionary battles in the region and cooperation of (some) Hutsuls with the legionnaires had primarily a commemorative function. But not exclusively. They also served to bring the Hutsuls closer to the Polish nation and to distinguish them from the Ukrainian nation, as well as to symbolically appropriate the Hutsul region to the needs of the Second Polish Republic. The article sheds light on both the commemorative and ideologizing aspects of the literature devoted to the battles in the Eastern Carpathians and their legionary and Hutsul protagonists.
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spelling doaj-art-e72f8172e85148efa915edab89dc97092025-01-31T12:00:53ZcesWydawnictwo Uniwersytetu WrocławskiegoGóry, Literatura, Kultura2084-41072957-24952024-12-011717119110.19195/2084-4107.17.1319359Zwischen dem Gedenken und der Ideologisierung der Kämpfe der Legionen in den Ostkarpaten in der polnischen Literatur der ZwischenkriegszeitJagoda Wierzejskahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2794-5608The article provides a critical analysis of representations of the Eastern Carpathians present in the interwar Polish literature, as a space marked by memory of the legionary battles during the Great War. Alongside the image of the Hutsul Region as a space of idyllic nature or a civilizing mission calculated to integrate the mountainous borderland with the rest of the modern state, the interwar Polish literature brought an image of the region as a unique place on the historical level for Poles. Interwar Polish writers presented the Eastern Carpathians as a prominent place on maps of the legionary combat routes, and thus as existing with special rights in the Polish national memory. Additionally, they portrayed Poles in military entourage and the Hutsuls as their helpers in the fight for Poland’s independence, and then for maintaining Polish order on the South-Eastern outskirts of the country. This way of presenting the Hutsul region and the Hutsuls in the Polish dominant discourse of the interwar period (especially literary discourse) was greatly influenced by the war events that took place in 1914–1915. The 2nd and 3rd Infantry Regiments of the Legions fought then in the Eastern Carpathians against the Russians. Literary representations and reminiscences of legionary battles in the region and cooperation of (some) Hutsuls with the legionnaires had primarily a commemorative function. But not exclusively. They also served to bring the Hutsuls closer to the Polish nation and to distinguish them from the Ukrainian nation, as well as to symbolically appropriate the Hutsul region to the needs of the Second Polish Republic. The article sheds light on both the commemorative and ideologizing aspects of the literature devoted to the battles in the Eastern Carpathians and their legionary and Hutsul protagonists.https://wuwr.pl/glk/article/view/17593ostkarpatenhuzulengebiethuzulenpolnische legionengedenkenhistorisches gedächtnisideologisierung
spellingShingle Jagoda Wierzejska
Zwischen dem Gedenken und der Ideologisierung der Kämpfe der Legionen in den Ostkarpaten in der polnischen Literatur der Zwischenkriegszeit
Góry, Literatura, Kultura
ostkarpaten
huzulengebiet
huzulen
polnische legionen
gedenken
historisches gedächtnis
ideologisierung
title Zwischen dem Gedenken und der Ideologisierung der Kämpfe der Legionen in den Ostkarpaten in der polnischen Literatur der Zwischenkriegszeit
title_full Zwischen dem Gedenken und der Ideologisierung der Kämpfe der Legionen in den Ostkarpaten in der polnischen Literatur der Zwischenkriegszeit
title_fullStr Zwischen dem Gedenken und der Ideologisierung der Kämpfe der Legionen in den Ostkarpaten in der polnischen Literatur der Zwischenkriegszeit
title_full_unstemmed Zwischen dem Gedenken und der Ideologisierung der Kämpfe der Legionen in den Ostkarpaten in der polnischen Literatur der Zwischenkriegszeit
title_short Zwischen dem Gedenken und der Ideologisierung der Kämpfe der Legionen in den Ostkarpaten in der polnischen Literatur der Zwischenkriegszeit
title_sort zwischen dem gedenken und der ideologisierung der kampfe der legionen in den ostkarpaten in der polnischen literatur der zwischenkriegszeit
topic ostkarpaten
huzulengebiet
huzulen
polnische legionen
gedenken
historisches gedächtnis
ideologisierung
url https://wuwr.pl/glk/article/view/17593
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