„Wszyscy jesteśmy Azjaci!”, czyli Starego Poety pytania o tożsamość. Perspektywa postkolonialna
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The article aims to analyze Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz’s poem entitled “The Asians”, the
first work from his volume “The Weather Map”. The starting point for reflection is
the motto of the poem - a conversation of three people in a theater foyer. The subject
of this short exchange is the border between Europe and Asia, not the geographical
but the cultural one. The dialogue can also be interpreted as an attempt to answer the
question of the strength of the impact of the Euro-Asian empire — Russia. The author
of the article endeavors to read the poem as the poet’s attempt to interpret his
own biography. An important context is a poem by Alexander Blok, “The Scythians”
written in 1918.
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