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The World as an Ironist’s Playground: Reflections on Józef Wittlin’s The Salt of the Earth
The World as an Ironist’s Playground: Reflections on Józef Wittlin’s The Salt of the Earth

Author(s): Wojciech S. Wocław
Subject(s): Polish Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Józef Wittlin; The Salt of the Earth; irony; experience of World War I;

Summary/Abstract: This article tries to characterize irony in Józef Wittlin’s The Salt of the Earth, also in reference to the author’s other texts. The author refers to the most important twentieth century methodology of the study of irony as well as to the scholars who study Wittlin’s work, including: D.S. Muecke, D. Sperber i D. Wilson, B. Alleman, W. Szturc, P. Łaguna oraz K. Jakowska, Z. Yurieff, and E. Wiegandt.

  • Issue Year: 15/2018
  • Issue No: Sp. Iss
  • Page Range: 20-30
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English
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