Family and society in Wojciech Kuczok’s novel "Gnoj" Cover Image

Družina in družba v romanu „Gnoj“ Wojciecha Kuczoka
Family and society in Wojciech Kuczok’s novel "Gnoj"

Author(s): Ana Žabkar Šalić
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts
Published by: Институт за македонска литература
Keywords: polish novel; family; family saga; narrator; tradicional values

Summary/Abstract: Wojciech Kuczok in his novel Gnoj portrays a new image of a family, which is dominated by twisted interpersonal relationship, the most clearly exspressed by violence of the father towards his son. Kuczok uses inovative composition and thoughtful process of the genre of family saga and the use of style of reportage to represent narrator, trapped in the trauma of his childhood. Intimate story presents adifferent point of view towards Polish society and its atributes.

  • Issue Year: 13/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 255-266
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Slovenian