„Pociąg wypluł z siebie ludzką zawartość”. Rzecz o depatrianckiej podróży traumatycznej na przykładzie polskiej literatury osadniczej

The subject of the article is motif of train and railway station on the Polish set-tlement literature. The theme of this literature is the journey of the population deported from the eastern borderlands to so-called Regained Territories. The theme of train travel was analyzed at three levels – dehumanization of man, animalization of train and desintegration of the space of railway station. The train metaphor not only describes the traumatic journey but also organizes symbolic signification of so-called Regained Territories.