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The title of this monograph, ‘Polish-Jewish Re-Remembering’, refers to the post-1989, thirty-year-long process of reviving attention to Polish-Jewish relations in historical, cultural, and literary studies, including the impact of Jews on the development of Polish culture, their presence in Polish social life, and the relationships between Jews and non-Jews in Poland. The book consists of four parts: the first focuses on Polish, Jewish and Polish-Jewish Literature (dealing mainly with pre-1939 literary works); the second, on the post-war literary output of the Polish-Jewish writer Arnold Słucki (1920–1972); the third, on Polish-Israeli literary images in the works of writers who were active in Israel (1948–2018); and the fourth, on recent (after 2000) Polish Holocaust literature.
Whatever critical scalpel one selects for dissecting the literary works of Bruno Schulz (1892-1942), there will always be a certain degree of textual resistance which cannot be broken. Or in other words, taking off one of Schulz's many masks, one will probably never avoid the impression that a new mask has emerged. This book contributes to the three most typical critical strategies of reading Schulz's works (combinations, fragmentations, reintegrations) - being fully aware, of course, of the relativity of each particular approach. In addition, the book sets out to explore all of Schulz's creative output (i.e. his stories as well as his graphic, epistolary and even literary critical works), a...
The multilingualism and polyphony of Jewish literary writing across the globe demands a collaborative, comparative, and interdisciplinary investigation into questions regarding methods of researching and teaching literatures. Disseminating Jewish Literatures compiles case studies that represent a broad range of epistemological and textual approaches to the curricula and research programs of literature departments in Europe, Israel, and the United States. In doing so, it promotes the integration of Jewish literatures into national philologies and the implementation of comparative, transnational approaches to the reading, teaching, and researching of literatures. Instead of a dichotomizing app...
This volume is both a study of the history of Polish Jews and Jewish Poland before, during, and immediately after the Holocaust and a collection of personal explorations focusing on the historians who write about these subjects. While the first three parts of the book focus on "text," the broad nature of Polish Jewish history surrounding the Holocaust, the last section focuses on subtext, the personal and professional experiences of scholars who have devoted years to researching and writing about Polish Jewry. The beginning sections present a variety of case studies on wartime and postwar Polish Jews, drawing on new research and local history. The final part is a reflection on family memory,...
Polish Jewish Culture beyond the Capital: Centering the Periphery is a path-breaking exploration of the diversity and vitality of urban Jewish identity and culture in Polish lands from the second half of the nineteenth century to the outbreak of the Second World War (1899–1939). In this multidisciplinary essay collection, a cohort of international scholars provides an integrated history of the arts and humanities in Poland by illuminating the complex roles Jews in urban centers other than Warsaw played in the creation of Polish and Polish Jewish culture. Each essay presents readers with the extraordinary production and consumption of culture by Polish Jews in literature, film, cabaret, theater, the visual arts, architecture, and music. They show how this process was defined by a reciprocal cultural exchange that flourished between cities at the periphery—from Lwów and Wilno to Kraków and Łódź—and international centers like Warsaw, thereby illuminating the place of Polish Jews within urban European cultures. Companion website (https://polishjewishmusic.iu.edu)
Najnowsza książka Stanisława Stabro, charakteryzująca się oryginalnym dyskursem krytycznym, poświęcona jest odczytaniu w sposób szczególny twórczości tych poetów, którzy dzięki randze swojego dzieła i zawartych w nim nadzwyczaj ważnych, znaczących motywów, osiągnęli status „klasyków współczesności”. Rozprawy w niej zgromadzone – dotyczące liryki między innymi Jarosława Iwaszkiewicza, Czesława Miłosza, Jerzego Zagórskiego, Zbigniewa Herberta, Urszuli Kozioł, Stanisława Barańczaka, Jacka Podsiadło – obejmują w panoramicznym ujęciu okres od lat trzydziestych XX wieku do przełomu XX i XXI wieku, eksponując wielość idei i mitów poetyckich tego czasu (na przykład katastrofizmu, postmodernizmu, ale nie tylko). Dzięki tym cechom stylu oraz syntetycznemu ujęciu przez Autora podjętej przezeń problematyki najnowsza książka Stanisława Stabro ma charakter monografii problemowej.
Niniejsza książka ma olbrzymie znaczenie, bo wychodzi naprzeciw najbardziej naglącym potrzebom współczesnej dydaktyki języka polskiego. Z jednej strony pozwala nauczycielom lepiej przygotować uczniów do zdania nowej matury, ale z drugiej – pogłębia rozeznanie w specyfice współczesnej kultury, w coraz większym stopniu synkretycznej, zacierającej granice między tradycyjnymi gatunkami i rodzajami sztuk. Mamy w tej monografii do czynienia z całym zespołem niezwykle interesujących propozycji analityczno-interpretacyjnych, przekonujących, że uniwersalne procedury interpretacyjne umożliwiają pogłębione rozumienie różnych tekstów kultury: zarówno werbalnych, jak i wizua...
Kniha mapuje reflexi židovské religiózní a mystické tradice v polské meziválečné literatuře, a to na příkladu tří autorů, kteří reprezentují odlišné způsoby jak vnímání vlastních židovských kořenů, tak zpracování tradičních motivů vycházejících z židovské mystiky. Prvotně futurista Aleksander Wat se vůči židovské religiózní tradici kriticky vymezuje – a přesto nedokáže vlastnímu „židovství“ uniknout; prozaik Bruno Schulz předestírá čtenářům svébytnou vizi kosmogonie i eschatologie upomínající mimo jiné na vybrané koncepty kabaly; básník Bolesław Leśmian má k této tradici nejdále a motivy interpretovatelné v kontextu židovské religiózní tradice podrobuje originálnímu přepracování. Tvorbou všech tří – jako dědiců „národa Knihy“ – přitom prolíná specifický vztah k jazyku a psanému slovu. Vedle toho je věnována pozornost např. motivu golema, stvoření světa či představě Boha.
The Handbook of Polish, Czech, and Slovak Holocaust Fiction aims to increase the visibility and show the versatility of works from East-Central European countries. It is the first encyclopedic work to bridge the gap between the literary production of countries that are considered to be main sites of the Holocaust and their recognition in international academic and public discourse. It contains over 100 entries offering not only facts about the content and motifs but also pointing out the characteristic fictional features of each work and its meaning for academic discourse and wider reception in the country of origin and abroad. The publication will appeal to the academic and broader public i...