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The reception of The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis in the English, American, German and Polish literary and critical circulation

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KASIŃSKA P.

Transfer. Reception studies

2018

vol. 3

Autorka, analizując omówienia krytycznoliterackie w codziennej prasie online, pokazuje skrajne różnice w odbiorze powieści Strefa interesów angielskiego pisarza Martina Amisa. Powieść ta zyskała uznanie krytyków w Anglii oraz Stanach Zjednoczonych, uzyskała nato-miast mało pochlebne recenzje w Niemczech. W Polsce Strefa interesów uzyskała mieszane recenzje i była słabo obecna w odbiorze czytelniczym. Według autorki spolaryzowane oceny krytyków mają związek ze zwiększoną wrażliwością narodów bezpośrednio dotkniętych polityką Trzeciej Rzeszy na nieszablonowe podejście do literatury holocaustowej, która przepracowuje traumę poprzez łamanie tabu dotyczącego Zagłady.

Die Autorin analysiert die literaturkritischen Diskussionen über Martin Amis’ Roman Interessengebiet in der amerikanischen, englischen, deutschen und polnischen Tagespresse und kommt zur Schlussfolgerung, dass der Roman äußerst gemischte Rezensionen erhielt. Von den englischen und amerikanischen Literaturkritikern wurde er gut aufgenommen, von den deutschen hingegen eher negativ. In Polen wurde Interessengebiet unterschiedlich beurteilt, von den Lesern aber kaum wahrgenommen. Der Grund für die polarisierten Meinungen ist der Autorin zufolge die erhöhte Sensibilität seitens jener Nationen, die direkt von der Politik des Dritten Reiches betroffen waren, für eine unkonventionelle Herangehensweise an die Holocaust-literatur, die sich durch einen Tabubruch mit dem Holocausttrauma auseinandersetzt.

The author, analysing the critical-literary discussions in online daily press, shows that Martin Amis’s The Zone of Interest received extremely mixed reviews. The novel was well received by English and American critics, but the reviews in Germany were rather negative. In Poland, The Zone of Interest received mixed reviews and the novel was hardly noticeable in the reading reception. According to the author, the reason for the polarized opinions of critics is the increased sensitivity of nations directly affected by the policy of the Third Reich to an unconventional approach to Holocaust literature, which aims to rework the trauma through breaking the Holocaust taboo.

Ironic, Grotesque, Farcical and Tragic Depiction of Totalitarianism in Martin Amis’s Selected Works

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Stolarek J.

Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies

2013

issue 22/1

71-81

The aim of this article is to present an ironic, grotesque, farcical and tragic dimension of totalitarianism in Martin Amis’s selected works. The author is going to analyse and juxtapose three dictatorial ideologies: Nazism, Communism and Islamic fundamentalism while showing Martin Amis’s distinctive literary techniques, styles and modes used with reference to the examination of each of these three issues. Firstly, the emphasis will be placed on the exploration of those novels of the British writer that present Nazism and Communism and their aftermath, namely Time’s Arrow, House of Meetings and Koba the Dread: Laughter and the Twenty Million. This section will present ironic, grotesque, satirical as well as tragic facets of these two totalitarian systems depicted by Martin Amis. The subsequent part will focus on the issues of Islamist fundamentalism, terrorism and the relations between Islamist and Western culture at the turn of the third millennium. Here, the author is going to scrutinize Martin Amis’s novel The Second Plane: September 11: Terror and Boredom as well as she will refer to the writer’s miscellaneous interviews, talks and discussions. Similarly to the previous part devoted to the analysis of Nazism and Communism, this one will draw the attention to Amis’s grotesque, farcical and ironic delineation of Islamic fundamentalism, yet here, a special emphasis will be placed on the writer’s description of a political and social aspect of this matter rather than on his concern for linguistic an stylistic innovation. Finally, by juxtaposing these three totalitarian ideologies in Martin Amis’s selected fiction the author is going to show numerous interpretations and sides of this subject matter, ranging from political and social debate to cultural and literary criticism.

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The reception of The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis in the English, American, German and Polish literary and critical circulation

Ironic, Grotesque, Farcical and Tragic Depiction of Totalitarianism in Martin Amis’s Selected Works