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2012, No. 1 (2), Anthropology / history of the Contemporary World
Marcin Napiórkowski
In Defence of Ordon’s Redoubt. History and Myths
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Keywords: myth, topography, Ordons Redoubt, Warsaw.
Abstract: The article is an attempt to analyze a cultural image of a historical event as a modern form of the mythical imagination. On the example of the famous defense of Ordon's Redoubt, immortalized by the poem of Adam Mickiewicz, the author shows complicated relations between the facts and the fiction. The very term 'myth' is used here in a rather broad sense, including not only the narration heroic itself, but also rituals, forms of commemorations, and – first of all – the changing topography of the city.
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MARCIN NAPIÓRKOWSKI - semiotician of culture, adjunct at the Institute of Polish Culture at the University of Warsaw.