Confession and Camouflage: Biographical Memory in Visual Narratives by Peter Sis, Uri Orlev and Marta Ignerska
In my article, I argue that Peter Sis’ Tibet Through the Red Box (1998) and the Polish edition of Uri Orlev's Granny Knits (first published in Hebrew in 1981) illustrated by Marta Ignerska (2009) represent two different forms of intergenerational remembering. The visual narratives in question...
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In my article, I argue that Peter Sis’ Tibet Through the Red Box (1998) and the Polish edition of Uri Orlev's Granny Knits (first published in Hebrew in 1981) illustrated by Marta Ignerska (2009) represent two different forms of intergenerational remembering. The visual narratives in question are artistic portrayals of the narrators’ biographical memory, and in some sense it is possible to view both works as narratives in which intergenerational connectivity is an integral aspect of the story. However, in each book the symbolic return to childhood has a different character. In Orlev and Ignerska's book, the rigidly delineated categories of “childhood” and “adulthood” are not really applicable, as they merge on every possible level – in their formal, expressive, and philosophical aspects. In Sis’ narrative, the (visual) language may resemble conventions associated with children's literature, but it is primarily an element of the book's nostalgic message, not a signal of the narrator's authentic and permanent connection with his child self.
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| spelling | doaj.art-01bb39d6fcba475ba8e07c10e7870c182022-12-22T01:41:18ZengPolish Ethnological SocietyJournal of Folklore and Popular Culture0024-47082544-28722018-12-0162310.12775/LL.3.2018.001Confession and Camouflage: Biographical Memory in Visual Narratives by Peter Sis, Uri Orlev and Marta IgnerskaKatarzyna Smyczyńska0Kazimierz Wielki University In my article, I argue that Peter Sis’ Tibet Through the Red Box (1998) and the Polish edition of Uri Orlev's Granny Knits (first published in Hebrew in 1981) illustrated by Marta Ignerska (2009) represent two different forms of intergenerational remembering. The visual narratives in question are artistic portrayals of the narrators’ biographical memory, and in some sense it is possible to view both works as narratives in which intergenerational connectivity is an integral aspect of the story. However, in each book the symbolic return to childhood has a different character. In Orlev and Ignerska's book, the rigidly delineated categories of “childhood” and “adulthood” are not really applicable, as they merge on every possible level – in their formal, expressive, and philosophical aspects. In Sis’ narrative, the (visual) language may resemble conventions associated with children's literature, but it is primarily an element of the book's nostalgic message, not a signal of the narrator's authentic and permanent connection with his child self. https://apcz.umk.pl/LL/article/view/18762biographical memorycamouflagechild and adult selfconfessionconvergenceintergenerational connectivity |
| spellingShingle | Katarzyna Smyczyńska Confession and Camouflage: Biographical Memory in Visual Narratives by Peter Sis, Uri Orlev and Marta Ignerska Journal of Folklore and Popular Culture biographical memory camouflage child and adult self confession convergence intergenerational connectivity |
| title | Confession and Camouflage: Biographical Memory in Visual Narratives by Peter Sis, Uri Orlev and Marta Ignerska |
| title_full | Confession and Camouflage: Biographical Memory in Visual Narratives by Peter Sis, Uri Orlev and Marta Ignerska |
| title_fullStr | Confession and Camouflage: Biographical Memory in Visual Narratives by Peter Sis, Uri Orlev and Marta Ignerska |
| title_full_unstemmed | Confession and Camouflage: Biographical Memory in Visual Narratives by Peter Sis, Uri Orlev and Marta Ignerska |
| title_short | Confession and Camouflage: Biographical Memory in Visual Narratives by Peter Sis, Uri Orlev and Marta Ignerska |
| title_sort | confession and camouflage biographical memory in visual narratives by peter sis uri orlev and marta ignerska |
| topic | biographical memory camouflage child and adult self confession convergence intergenerational connectivity |
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