Blacker, U;
(2019)
Volyn and the Unperceived Ukrainian in the Work of Włodzimierz Odojewski.
The Polish Review
, 64
(2)
pp. 94-103.
10.5406/polishreview.64.2.0094.
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Abstract
This article explores the representations of Ukrainians in the work of Włodzimierz Odojewski. Focusing on his trilogy of books set in Ukraine, Zasypie wszystko, zawieje . . ., Wyspa ocalenia and the earlier collection of stories, Zmierzch świata, the article considers Odojewski's representations of the Ukrainians, mainly peasants, among whom his Polish landowning protagonists live. The article identifies a purported preoccupation in Odojewski's work with trying to understand the motivations for the Ukrainians who participated in the horrific violence that erupted in what is today western Ukraine in 1943–44; yet at the same time, Odojewski's literary strategies consistently defer any understanding by rendering the Ukrainian characters in his work voiceless or imperceptible, reducing them to symbolic elements of a pre-existing Romantic martyrological discourse around the “kresy,” which ultimately precludes any deeper reflection on the experiences of the “other side” of the conflict.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Volyn and the Unperceived Ukrainian in the Work of Włodzimierz Odojewski |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.5406/polishreview.64.2.0094 |
| Publisher version: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/polishreview.... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > SSEES |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10082211 |
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