Jewish themes in "When you will be a king, when you will be a hangman" by Tadeusz Nowak Cover Image

Tematyka żydowska w "A jak królem, a jak katem będziesz" Tadeusza Nowaka
Jewish themes in "When you will be a king, when you will be a hangman" by Tadeusz Nowak

Author(s): Aleksy Poklękowski
Subject(s): Polish Literature, History of Antisemitism
Published by: Wydział Filologiczny Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego
Keywords: novel; attributes; prose; themes; Jewish; war; identity; culture;

Summary/Abstract: This work is devoted to the issue of Jewish themes in Tadeusz Nowak’s novel When you will be a king, when you will be a hangman. It starts with general constatations concerning the author, various elements of his work, and also Jewish themes in works of other authors. Next chapter is devoted to the main issue of the text. It contains the idea of many attributes that are characterize Jewish identity of one characters of the novel, Mojżesz. Then it shows how Mojżesz gradually loses all these attributes during World War II, and what was Tadeusz Nowak’s idea behind these themes.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 199-210
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish
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