Proza Marka Hłaski pomiędzy marksizmem a egzystencjalizmem
Journal Title: Śląskie Studia Polonistyczne - Year 2014, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
The works of Marek Hłasko are the most interesting example of the struggles of a member of the ’56 generation for breaking the socialist realism pattern in literature. The effects of moving from the Marxist philosophy to existentialism in Hłasko’s prose are best illustrated by his two works: Baza Sokołowska (1954) and Następny do raju (1957). The first one is an ideologically involved story presenting labor as a man’s heroic effort towards self-fulfillment. The second work is a novel polemical towards communist Poland, depicting daily grind with no perspectives. A comparison of these texts indicates that overcoming the myth of literature’s instrumental function in the service of economy takes place through reversing the earlier pattern. Utopia turns into anti-utopia. Only the model protagonist remains the same person (although different inside) – Marek Hłasko himself. L’oeuvre de Marek Hłasko constitue l’exemple le plus intéressant de la lutte d’un représentant de la génération’56 contre le schéma du réalisme socialiste dans la littérature. Les effets de la transition de la philosophie marxiste à l’existentialisme dans la prose de Hłasko sont illustrés par ses deux oeuvres : Baza Sokołowska (1954) [La base de Sokołów] et Następny do raju (1957) [Suivant au paradis]. La première est un récit engagé idéologiquement qui présente le travail comme un effort héroïque de l’homme s’acheminant vers son auto-réalisation. La deuxième est un roman qui fait polémique avec le système de la République Populaire de Pologne et qui parle d’une corvée sans perspectives. La comparaison de ces deux textes permet d’observer que le fait de surmonter le mythe de la fonction instrumentale de la littérature au service de l’économie se réalise par le renversement du schéma précédent. L’utopie se transforme alors en une anti-utopie. De même, quoique différent, le héros-modèle renvoie à Marek Hłasko.
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Katarzyna Mulet
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