It is
the loss of memory not the cult of memory that will make us prisoners of the
past.
- Paolo Portoghesi, After modern architecture,
1982
On the 29th of
March, the 1st REAL (Re-Examining American Literature) Student Symposium
devoted to “Historicity and Memory: Postmodern struggles with the past” took
place. This event was organized by The American Studies Scholarly Circle Book
Lovers Among Students (BLASt) and the Faculty of English at Adam Mickiewicz University in
Poznań, Poland. There were five thematically-oriented sessions: Historicity and
the Visual Arts, Postmodern Visions of History, The Classics and History,
Personal Histories/Family Dramas as well as the Afro-American History. Our key speaker
was dr Jacek Partyka from the University of Białystok who gave a magnificent
lecture entitled: “Toward ‘Archival’ Poetics: Records of Extreme Experience in
Charles Reznikoff’s Testimony. The
United States 1885-1890. Recitative (1965) and Holocaust (1975).” Our delegates
from Toruń, Gdańsk, Katowice, Warsaw, Wrocław and Poznań set a very high
standard and we sincerely hope that this symposium will give rise to an annual conference
dedicated to American literature.
by Marta Makoś
You can take a look
at photos, which, nevertheless, do not do justice to the brilliant atmosphere
of this event:
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