Czar PRL-u uchwycony w twórczości Janusza Głowackiego

Abstract

The main purpose of this article is to show a way in which Janusz Glowacki has been writing about PRL times in his texts written in the 1960s and 1970s. What is more, it shows how his point of view has changed when he wrote his autobiography Off the top of my head in the 1990s and 2000s. The analysis of his text is based on Paul Connerton’s theory of three transmitters: time, space and embodied body. This article intends to present Glowacki’s description of colorful youth from the 1960s along with many banquets in Bristol, European Hotel or SPATiF. Also, it shows characteristic figures of space in Glowacki’s works: „way of shame” (Krakowskie Przedmiescie and Nowy Świat street) and „Bermuda Triangle” (between Hybrydy club, Przechodni bar and health clinic). Furthermore, it will analyze the figure of speech – „glamour of PRL”, which is becoming more popular in every aspect of life, and how it has changed its emotional language throughout the years. The above issues are analyzed from literary and sociological perspective.