Polska literatura najnowsza i Holokaust – edukacyjny potencjał fikcji?

• Authors: Agnieszka Czyżak

Title variants

EN

Polish Contemporary Prose and the Holocaust – Educational Opportunities Granted by Fiction

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article contains considerations regarding memory of the Holocaust in Polish contemporary prose and analyses the arguments for and against fictitious representations of theShoah. The author discusses the changes in treating fiction which narrates the history of Jewish people during the Second World War – from works of fiction published after the war (e.g. Wielki Tydzień by Jerzy Andrzejewski) to popular thrillers written in the 21st century. The main part of this article is devoted to a novel Tworki written by Marek Bieńczyk in 1999, telling a story of young people – Poles and Jews – employed in a mental hospital during German occupation. The novel was at the centre stage of discussion about relationship between fiction and the Shoah theme, yet the author of the article argues that it may serve as an important stepping stone in exemplifying history. This literary vision of the Holocaust (defined as “pastoral thriller”) shows educational possibilities of fiction.

Keywords

PL

Zagłada; Tworki; Bieńczyk; proza; literatura współczesna; fikcja; edukacja

EN

Shoah; Tworki; Bieńczyk; prose; contemporary literature; fiction; education

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
• Journal: Narracje o Zagładzie
• Year: 2020
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 372-388

Dates

published

2020-11-23

Contributors

author

Agnieszka Czyżak

Identifiers

DOI

10.31261/NoZ.2020.06.21