The Surreal Shoah. On Stefánia Mándy’s “Egy halott álmaiból” (“From the Dreams of the Dead Woman”). Gender Studies and the Hungarian Poetry on the Holocaust Cover Image

Surrealna Zagłada. Wokół Egy halott álmaiból Stefánii Mándy. Perspektywa genderowa w węgierskiej poezji o Zagładzie
The Surreal Shoah. On Stefánia Mándy’s “Egy halott álmaiból” (“From the Dreams of the Dead Woman”). Gender Studies and the Hungarian Poetry on the Holocaust

Author(s): Kinga Piotrowiak-Junkiert
Subject(s): Jewish studies, Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: women’s literature; Hungarian poetry; Stefánia Mándy; surrealism;Holocaust;

Summary/Abstract: This article is devoted to Stefánia Mándy’s “Egy halott álmaiból” (“From the Dreams of the Dead Woman”), a text that has met little attention so far. Facing the experience of the Shoah, the Hungarian author presents a poem that consists of both poetic and narrative fragments. In search of a language capable of telling or describing her own experiences adequately, Mándy decides to apply surrealism to her memories of a camp, contributing to the unique work that departs from the literary decorum.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 126-148
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish