literature of Cieszyn Silesia,regional literature, Śląsk Cieszyński, regional artists, Czech-Polish literature contacts, genius loci of Cieszyn Silesia

Niniejsza praca przedstawia rozwój życia literackiego na Śląsku Cieszyńskim po 1989 roku w jego całościowym obrazie, a więc pod uwagę wzięto zarówno twórczość autorów polskich, jak i czeskich, przy czym uwaga została skierowana na wzajemne powiązania i współpracę, przejawiającą się aktywnym życiem literackim w regionie.

The present thesis deals with the development of literature nad literary life of the Cieszyn/Těšín Silesia after 1989, and the author of the thesis emphasizes compact and areal depicting all aspects and trends of this literature, i.e. that the object of author´s research includes the works written in Polish (on the Polish side of Cieszyn Silesia, and the region behind the Olza river), and also in Czech. This point of view is considered by the author as extremely important to understanding current developments of Tesin literature, when the middle and younger generation of writers from Tesin region comes with a new view of the region, its history and culture, and a common indicator of most literary manifestations and events is undoubtedly the "openness to the multicultural roots of the region".