Zuzanna i starzec
Zuzanna and an Old Man

Kenotic Dimension of Jerzy Pilch’s Writing

Summary/Abstract: Jerzy Pilch’s writing is normally associated with pastiche, parody, postmodern play with convention. His latest mini-novel, in its title referring to the Biblical tradition, suggests some other trope of reading. When read from a kerygmatic interpretive perspective, Pilch’s text reveals to its audience a totally different dimension of writing. The protagonist, often putting on a mask of a cynic, conceals a deeper–kenotic–dimension of his personality. Self-emptying and humility (kenosis), common to Diogeneian School and Christian tradition, points at the importance of crisis as on the seminal existential experience which leads to liberation.

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