Wątki religijne w twórczości Brunona Schulza
Religious Motives in Bruno Schulz’s Literary Creativity

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Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the individual research views on the religious themes in Bruno Schulz’s literary output formulated by Artur Jocz, Kris Van Heuckelom, Marcin Całbecki, Władysław Panas, Włodzimierz Bolecki or Jerzy Jarzębski. The last of the scholars claims that Schulz was “a believer without religion.” Studies in the issue in question have numerous aspects. The present paper discusses e.g. gnostic motives (due to their heretical implications), idolatry (in the cycle of prints “Xięga bałwochwalcza” <”Book of Idolatry”>), matriarchal hierophanies (the short story “Sierpień” <”August”>), as well as such interpretive perspectives as Nietzschean Dionysity or Lurianic Kabbalah. The paper also attempts to answer the questions about the meaning of mythisation, demiurge or creativity in Schulz’s world and who his Messiah is.

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