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LIVING AT THE END OF TIMES: CONTEMPORARY POLISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE

LITTRANS/SLAVIC 361
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The collapse of communism and the posthumous triumph of the Solidarity movement started a new era in Polish culture. However, living in "posthistory" comes with its own set of problems. Examine contemporary Polish literature, film, and other cultural forms as they struggle with the country's turbulent past while trying to forge new collective identities for the future. How does culture mediate our relationship with the past? How does it help us understand the present and prepare for the future?

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