On The Homeland Consciousness Of Olga Tokarczuk’s Novels

Olga Tokarczuk is one of the most influential writers in contemporary Polish literary circles.Her creative vision is extremely broad,based on the history and reality of the Polish nation,focusing on the destiny of her homeland,and at the same time,in the creation of small homes based on regional literature,she observes the evolution of individuals in the local homes and gently narrates the historical changes in this land.Poland’s unique history,ancient traditional culture,special geographical location,and condensed national spirit have profoundly influenced Tokarczuk’s novel creation.This thesis focuses on the "consciousness of homeland" in Tokarczuk’s novels,and grasps the deep meaning hidden behind the theme of homeland in the meticulous interpretation of the text.The full thesis starts with the Silesian homeland that Tokarczuk is concerned about.Through the interpretation of the locality of homeland,it explores the emotional construction of people and place,and at the same time,explores its ecological homeland ideal in Tokarczuk’s thinking about people and nature.Secondly,it revolves around the loss of local homes caused by the war.The original geographical space collapsed and the order of their homes was reorganized.The suffering Polish residents were forced to migrate and embark on the road of exile.Faced with the establishment of new homes and the conflicts between different cultures,border residents have a sense of cultural rupture,which is accompanied by anxiety about identity.In the process of choosing cultural harmony and searching for identity,people finally move towards the return of spiritual homeland.Throughout the whole process is the embodiment of Tokarczuk’s desire to seek roots.Finally,from the connection between homeland and locality and nationality,the uniqueness of Tokarczuk’s writing rooted in local homeland is considered as a whole.As a watcher of Polish traditional nostalgia,Tokarczuk rooted in the past and formed her own distinctive Polish character in the literary tradition;she also faces the future and continues to write about the contemporary mobile homeland,which embodies Tokarczuk the unique value and positioning of novel homeland consciousness writing.