Karnawalizacja świata w chełmskich opowieściach Menachema Kipnisa
World and Carnival in Menachem Kipnis’ Chełm Stories
Author(s): Martyna DymonSubject(s): History, Language and Literature Studies, Jewish studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Russian Literature, History of Antisemitism
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Jews in literature; Menachem Kipnis; absurd; Menachem Kipnis; grotesque; absurd
Summary/Abstract: This article is devoted to Menachem Kipnis: a Polish cantor, journalist, satirist, columnist, songwrit¬er, photographer, and person fascinated by folk tales and Jewish folk tradition. Depicted in Kipnis’ stories, epon¬ymous Chełm happens to be a place existing first and foremost in imagination, which is abundant in grotesque and absurd representations of everyday life of its citizens. As it is argued in the article, this is the realm founded on folk superstitions, whose inhabitants seek wisdom: the value they deem to be of greatest importance.
Journal: Iudaica Russica
- Issue Year: 2/2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 103-116
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Polish
