Kontemplacyjny wymiar opowiadań Szaloma Asza (refleksje przy lekturze opowiadania Żydowskie dziecko)
The Contemplative Dimension of Sholem Asch’s stories (Reflections on the Reading the Jewish Child)

Author(s): Ewa Hoffmann-Piotrowska
Subject(s): Cultural history, Studies of Literature, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Sholem Asch’s stories; romantic tradition; meditation; individual versus community; literary images of the rite of passage
Summary/Abstract: The article attempts to analyze the Jewish Child, a story by Sholem Asch, (in the context of the song Crazy Mother written by the same author ) as a parabolic, meditative text with special contemplative properties, which due to the addressed issues (individual-collective relationship, human boundary situation) and construction (the structure of an “open work”) associates this work with Romantic heritage. The text brings out the special feature of Asch’s writing, which can be described as a connection between realism, moral or historical specificity and metaphysical depth, pulsating under the canvas of a realistic pictureand located in the spiritual dimension.

• Details
• Contents