Kuršių nerija latvių literatūroje

LTStraipsnį sudaro dvi dalys. Pirmojoje konspektyviai aiškinama, kodėl ir kuo Kuršių nerija ir jos gyventojai autochtonai kuršininkai artimi latviškajai savimonei, kuo aktualūs latvių kultūrai, literatūrai. Antrojoje analizuojami latvių literatūros kūriniai Kuršių nerijos tema, prieš tai pristačius jų priešistorę - analogiškos tematikos kūrinių vertimus iš vokiečių kalbos. Pagrindiniu straipsnio objektu, analizuojamu daugiausia geopoetiniu metodologiniu rakursu, tampa Ačio Keninio, Margerio Zarinio, Alberto Belo kūriniai. Daroma pagrindinė išvada, kad Kuršių nerija latvių rašytojų pirmiausia konceptualiai traktuojama kaip ribinė erdvė, ribą suvokiant istoriniu, politiniu, geopolitiniu, geografiniu, kultūriniu ir kitokiais požiūriais, kad latvių literatūra svariai prisideda prie daugiakultūrio ir daugiakalbio Kuršių nerijos įtekstinimo. [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Geografiniai vaizdiniai; Geopoetika; Kuršių nerija; Literatūrinė recepcija; Literatūrinė recepcija latvių literatūroje; Geographical images; Geopoetics; Literary reception; Literary reception in Latvian literature; The Curonian Spit.

ENThe article consists of two parts. The first part provides a synoptic explanation of how and in what way the Curonian Spit and its inhabitants, the autochthons-Curonians, are close to the Latvian self-awareness and how they are related to Latvian culture and literature. Due to their common origin and language, the Curonian Spit was never an alien land for Latvians. There was a search for contacts, for historical, cultural and even existential dialogue, for a relation which inspired a contemplation of Latvian nationalism, its expansions and boundaries. In the second part of the article, Latvian literary works about the Curonian Spit are analysed, having introduced their prehistory before; they are translations of works on analogical topics into the German language. The main object of the analysis are: Atis Keninis’ (Atis Ķēniņš, 1874-1961) poem ‘The Curonians of the Spit’ (‘Kāpu kurši’, 1935) and Curonian Spit Poem (Kuršu kāpu poēma, 1946) based on it, Margeris Zarinis’ (Marģeris Zariņš, 1910-1993) narrative Chordophonist in the Vault Kingdom (Koklētājs pazemē, 1985) and the story‘The Ballade about The Currish Lagoon’ (‘Balāde par Kuršu mari’, 1985), Alberts Bels’ (Alberts Bels, born in 1938) novel People in Boats (Cilvēki laivās, 1987).Those works are analysed from a geopoetic point of view. The main conclusion is that the Latvian writers mainly approach the Curonian Spit as a marginal space, conceptualizing the margin from historical, political, geopolitical, geographical, cultural and other points of view. Also, fake historical-geographical images of the Curonian Spit are created, which are ‘implemented’ into particular spaces of the Spit (like the fake Melnkrantė Village and the Sventē Mountain in A. Bel’s novel), and the real spaces are clearly transformed and polyphonsed in mythological and other ways (like Nida and Currish Lagoon in the mentioned works of M. Zarinis). The major point is that along with plentiful German, as well as Lithuanian, literature about the Curonian Spit, Latvian literature also makes a significant contribution to the multi-cultural and multi-lingual ‘scripting’ and ‘literaturising’ of the Curonian Spit, and also - to creating its new literary-cultural shapes. [From the publication]