Regional literature, "genius loci" of Cieszyn Silesia

Artykuł analizuje twórczość cieszyńskiej poetki Renaty Putzlacher pod względem tożsamości pogranicza. Regionalna specyfika poetki nabiera w jej twórczości cech uniwersalnych, co czyni ją przystępną i zrozumiałą także poza granicami cieszyńskiego regionu, w ten sposób poetka ominęła opłotki prowincjonalnej ciasnoty i wypłynęła na szersze wody literatury narodowej, zarówno polskiej, jak czeskiej.

After years of strict division o Cieszyn Silesia, there has been a slow recovery of the regional unity even if on different cultural and sociological foundations than in the prewar period. The integration process is certainly not without tension and historical "hiccups", which reflects the old wrongs. Contemporary works by authors associated with Cieszyn Silesia play a vital role in this process - a factor that creates a space for mutual knowledge and understanding. Beautiful example for a various culture of border region is a poetry of Renata Putzlacher, because she is a Poles, but she was born in Czech Republic and live here and yet she writes usually in Polisch and seldom, between poetry dialogue, she writes in Lachian dialect. In this article author analyze a motives of Cieszyl Silesia in verse od Renata Putzlacher and try point at bearings native country.