Ciążąca (nie)obecność. Gombrowicz wobec wojny i Żydów
The Burden of (Not) Being There: Gombrowicz’s Position towards the War and Jews
Author(s): Agnieszka DaukszaSubject(s): History, Literary Texts, Jewish studies, Fiction, Recent History (1900 till today), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Gombrowicz war; Jews; spectres; Pornografia
Summary/Abstract: In her careful new reading of Witold Gombrowicz’s novel Pornografia Dauksza traces elements that indicate the essential role of passages concerning the war, its impact and consequences. Her affective analysis reveals Gombrowicz’s singular obsession with the war, with the lack of agency and with (anti)testimony. A particularly important problem is the presence/absence of Jews in the novel’s fictional reality. Dauksza explores Gombrowicz’s relationships to Jews and points out how important that relationship is within his work. She also engages with his diagnoses and comments on postwar Polish society and with his remedies for the spectral status of that formation.
Journal: Teksty Drugie
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 211-230
- Page Count: 20
- Language: Polish
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