The aim of the paper is to represent one of the most important elements of a literature about Upper Silesia after 1989 - motion into depths of memory and history, exploration of the past and creating new narratives of (and for) this region. The autor concentrates mostly on Polish and Czech literature; she attempts to represent that Upper Silesia is regaining its own voice and telling a new story.
The bibliography includes translations into the Silesian language made both in the standard script as well as in the non-standard one. The starting point for translations into the contemporary Silesian may be dated back to 2002. Since then, there have been irregularly published, usually in the form of collections, translations of various literary genres (with a preponderance of poetic forms) from dozen or so world languages, such as: Greek, Latin, French, German, Polish, Mandarin Chinese, English, Welsh, Russian, or the Upper Sorbian. No single translation from Silesian into other language is included, since heretofore no such a translation has been made.
Use of an ethnolect/ a minor language - not only in public discourse but also in literature (and literary translation) can be considered as a political act; it also plays a significant role in creating, reinforcing and enhancing regional communities. The paper focuses on main features of regional literatures in contemporary Poland, especially on those written in ethnolects and/or regional languages (e.g. Kashubian, Upper Silesian, Vilamovian/Wilamowicean, Prussian). The Author also discusses the most important issues regarding writing in ethnolects: low status of etnolects/dialects in comparison to national/literary languages, fluent identity, multilingualism, status of a regional culture.
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