BETWEEN BOROWSKI AND ZOFIA KOSSAK: TADEUSZ NOWAKOWSKI'S 'THE SHED BEHIND THE YASMINS'

• Authors: Kulesza D.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

This article is concerned with 'The Shed behind the Yasmins', Tadeusz Nowakowski's debut, published in London in 1948. Before offering his own analyses and interpretations, the author tries to clear up a web of misunderstandings, which has marked the reception of that novel both in Poland and in expatriate publications. While arguing that 'The Shed behind the Yasmins' occupies a middle ground between the concentration camp stories of Tadeusz Borowski and those of Zofia Kossak, he also calls for a rejection of the generally accepted typology of Nazi and Soviet concentration camp literature which uses Borowski's Auschwitz stories and Gustaw Herling-Grudzinski's 'World Apart'.

Keywords

EN

'THE SHED BEHIND THE YASMINS'; NOWAKOWSKI TADEUSZ

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Ruch Literacki
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 46
• Issue: 3(270)
• Pages: 265-275
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Kulesza D.

• D. Kulesza, Uniwersytet w Bialymstoku, Instytut Filologii Polskiej, Zaklad Literatury Miedzywojennej i Wspolczesnej, ul. W. Liniarskiego 4, 15-420 Bialystok, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

06PLAAAA00711764