Pod znakiem Skorpiona – O prozie Andrzeja Buszy
Under the Sign of Scorpio – Andrzej Busza’s Prose

Author(s): Magdalena Rabizo-Birek
Subject(s): Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Kontynenty; Polish literaure in the world; bilingual authors; Middle East; Conradian inspirations;
Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the less prolific and so far less well‑known area of Busza’s work: his prose fiction. The author outlines the circumstances of the writing of the stories, discusses their themes and autobiographical contexts, as well as considers their genre and stylistic features. She singles out the prevalence of the realistic mode, occasionally supplemented by grotesque and absurdist elements; the presence of biblical and Middle Eastern motifs; echoes of Conrad and Said; striving for brevity and succinctness; and a predilection for metaphoric and parabolic narrative tropes.

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