TY  - GEN
T1  - Coming of age under martial law : the initiation novels of Poland's last communist generation
T2  - Rochester studies in East and Central Europe ;
A1  - Vasileva-Karagʹozova, Svetlana
LA  - English
PP  - Rochester, NY
PB  - University Of Rochester Press
YR  - 2015
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn918941146
AB  - "How do historical cataclysms affect the social conditioning of young people? How do individuals born in the same period come to form an identifiable "generation"? How do coming-of-age stories create a sense of community and generational identity? Coming of Age under Martial Law: The Initiation Novels of Poland's Last Communist Generation addresses these questions, examining a selection of post-1989 coming-of-age novels authored by the generation of Polish writers whose transition from adolescence to adulthood coincided with Poland's transition from communism to liberal democracy. Svetlana Vassileva-Karagyozova argues that when cataclysms of any nature overlap with the sensitive period of maturation into adulthood, they disrupt the natural rhythm of society's self-renewal. In the case of the Polish '89ers, the generational clash with their predecessors did not produce the anticipated generational change in leadership, but a pathological role reversal: the elders refused to give up their leadership positions, while the young were stifled in their development and occupied marginal social spaces"--
CN  - PG7099.3 .V37 2015eb
SN  - 9781580468855
SN  - 1580468853
SN  - 1580465285
SN  - 9781580465281
KW  - Polish fiction : 20th century : History and criticism.
KW  - Bildungsromans : History and criticism.
KW  - Youth in literature.
KW  - Maturation (Psychology) in literature.
KW  - Identity (Psychology) in literature.
KW  - Intergenerational relations : Poland : History.
KW  - Coming of age : Social aspects : Poland : History.
KW  - Poland : Politics and government : 20th century.
KW  - Jeunesse dans la littérature.
KW  - Maturation (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
KW  - Identité (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
KW  - Relations entre générations : Pologne : Histoire.
KW  - Passage à l'âge adulte : Aspect social : Pologne : Histoire.
KW  - Pologne : Politique et gouvernement : 20e siècle.
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM : European : Eastern.
KW  - Bildungsromans
KW  - Identity (Psychology) in literature
KW  - Intergenerational relations
KW  - Maturation (Psychology) in literature
KW  - Polish fiction
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Youth in literature
KW  - Poland
KW  - Entwicklungsroman
KW  - Identität
KW  - Literatur
KW  - Erwachsenwerden
KW  - Generationsbeziehung
KW  - Polen
KW  - 1900-1999
KW  - Polish literature.
KW  - Polish writers.
KW  - coming-of-age novels.
KW  - communism transition.
KW  - cultural shift.
KW  - generational change.
KW  - historical narrative.
KW  - sociopolitical transformation.
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
KW  - History
ER  -