Forgotten, Concealed, Overlooked. The Other Genocides and Their Literary Representations in Arkadiusz Morawiec’s Perspective Cover Image

Zapomniane, przemilczane, przeoczone. Inne zagłady i ich literackie reprezentacje w ujęciu Arkadiusza Morawca
Forgotten, Concealed, Overlooked. The Other Genocides and Their Literary Representations in Arkadiusz Morawiec’s Perspective

Arkadiusz Morawiec: „Literatura polska wobec ludobójstwa. Rekonesans”. Łódź, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018, ss. 413

Author(s): Tatiana Czerska
Subject(s): Book-Review
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego

Summary/Abstract: The article presents findings contained in the work by Arkadiusz Morawiec entitled Literatura polska wobec ludobojstwa. Rekonesans [Polish literature faced with genocide. Reconnaissance]. The scholar from Łódź calls into question the hitherto established hierarchy of genocides. Extensive comparative research into literary representations of particular wartime massacres is what constitutes the thematic pivot of the said treatise, which joins in the discussion scope outlined by genocide studies. Subsequent chapters of the presented book are devoted to literary reverberations of the Armenian Genocide perpetrated by Turks, the Nazi-Germany extermination of persons with physical and mental retardation as well as Sinti and Roma, the Srebrenica massacres carried out by Serbs. The remaining chapters deal with the Holocaust literature and, according to the author’s intentions, an attempt to enrich the state of research, and sometimes – to amend some of their findings.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 409-425
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish