Czy wszyscy Polacy byli odwróceni? Problem antysemityzmu postrzegany przez Henryka Grynberga

• Authors: Krupa, Renata

Title variants

PL

Were all the Poles indifferent? The issue of anti-Semitism perceived by Henryk Grynberg

Abstracts

EN

The article presents the issue of anti-Semitism outlined by Grynberg in his prose and poetry. In the first part of the work I show roots of hatred for the Jews noticed by the contemporary writer. In the second part I discuss the signs of anti-Semitism and I reinforce them with the concrete examples from Grynberg’s works. Subsequently, I show the reader that hostility to the Jews accompanied the Poles immediately after the war and many years later. I present the circumstances in which the writer left Poland and emigrated to the USA where he has lived to the present day. Next, I endeavour to convince the reader that Grynberg present a varied and true picture of anti-Semitism. In his works there is a lot of subjectivity but there is also a belief that evil does not appear as typical of the Poles. I conclude ray work with the suggestion that Grynberg is a writer who aims for revealing the truth and improvement between the Poles and the Jews. That is why it is his words that should be reflected in our thoughts and deeds.

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica
• Year: 2002
• Volume: 05

Dates

published

2002

Contributors

author

Krupa, Renata

Identifiers

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/11089/8866