Ecstasy and the “Emptiness of Existence”. On the Images of Corporality and its Colours in the Prose of Bruno Schulz Cover Image

Ekstaza i „nicość egzystencji”. O obrazach cielesności i jej barwach w prozie Brunona Schulza
Ecstasy and the “Emptiness of Existence”. On the Images of Corporality and its Colours in the Prose of Bruno Schulz

Author(s): Aleksandra Naróg
Subject(s): Comparative Study of Literature, Polish Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Bruno Schulz; The Cinnamon Shops; corporality; colour; disgust; affect;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the following study is to investigate two creations of Jacob’s corporality evoking disgust in the short stories A Visitation, Birds and The Night of the Great Season from The Cinnamon Shops. My main field of interest is the connections between colours and form which surround Jacob’s body and evoke disgust. The context for the following study was the theoretical concepts of Mary Douglas, Julia Kristeva, Agata Bielik-Robson and Michał Paweł Markowski.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 33
  • Page Range: 191-207
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish