TY - JOUR N2 - The author asks about the applicability of postcolonial criticism to the study of the culture of Central and Eastern Europe, especially Galicia. She presents the voices of Polish and Ukrainian proponents of this method, as well as those who are sceptical about the possibility of adapting it to the analysis of Central European culture. She indicates the factors which complicate transferring the theory of postcolonial studies to the Habsburg monarchy and the peoples living there, and defines the conditions that should be taken into account for the use of postcolonial theory to be persuasive. She presents the benefits of postcolonial criticism as applied to the analysis of literature created in Galicia, noting the hegemonic historiography contained in the literature and the narrative forms establishing the hierarchy of cultures, and protecting the value and superiority of one’s own culture – a phenomenon that has not been investigated. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/109556/PDF-MASTER/6%20Postcolonial_Sosnowska.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/109556 PY - 2012 EP - 132 KW - Galicia KW - postcolonial theory KW - postcolonial criticism KW - narrative KW - hegemonic historiography A1 - Sosnowska, Danuta PB - Polska Akademia Nauk Oddział PAN w Krakowie PB - Instytut Historii Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego VL - vol. 42 English-German version DA - 2012 T1 - Limitations and Opportunities of Postcolonial Criticism SP - 117 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/109556 T2 - Historyka Studia Metodologiczne ER -