Niny Rydzewskiej "Ludzie z węgla" i Zyty Oryszyn "Ocalenie Atlantydy": próba lektury palimpsestowej

Abstract

This article presents a parallel (“palipmsest”) reading of two novels set in post−war Wałbrzych: Ludzie z węgla (People of Coal) by Nina Rydzewska and Ocalenie Atlantydy (Atlantis Rescued) by Zyta Oryszyn. The former was published in 1951 and follows the doctrine of socialist realism,and the latter appeared in print in 2013, as the last one of the author’s novel cycle started in 1981. Extremely different in form and worldview, these two novels share their chronotope, and the aim of this study is to analyse its various dimensions: one seen from the perspective of Polish repatriates from France, and the other seen from the perspective of deportees from the Borderlands (Eastern territories) of pre−war Poland.