DP camp – literary accounts of the life “in between” An invitation to the topic
The article constitutes a preliminary attempt at reading from literature the condition of the survivors – people interned in German displaced persons’ camps immediately after WWII. In that context, the author considers the saturated with satire, grotesque, and sarcasm novel by Tadeusz Nowakowski ent...
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| author | Bartłomiej Krupa |
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| description | The article constitutes a preliminary attempt at reading from literature the condition of the survivors – people interned in German displaced persons’ camps immediately after WWII. In that context, the author considers the saturated with satire, grotesque, and sarcasm novel by Tadeusz Nowakowski entitled Obóz Wszystkich Świętych. Nowakowski’s vision is supplemented with Tadeusz Borowski’s story entitled Bitwa pod Grunwaldem, as well as his poems, e.g. Dary demokratyczne, and Jerzy Podgórski’s reports in the series W południowych Niemczech, in which DP camps were compared to an etching by Henry Moore presenting human-like figures sleeping in a tunnel. A separate consideration was applied to the fortunes of Ida Fink, interned in the Ettlingen camp. The writer reminisced on the time in her novel entitled The Journey, and in interviews. The analyses of the texts led the author to the conclusion that the discussed narratives indicate the inability to experience solace during (apparent) acquittal, and the inability to return to pre-WWII times. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-62a49242bf914ba3b12fc13f8bff0c5c2022-12-22T00:45:28ZengLodz University PressActa Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica1505-90572353-19082017-12-0146810.18778/1505-9057.46.052303DP camp – literary accounts of the life “in between” An invitation to the topicBartłomiej Krupa0Ph.D.; Holocaust Literature Research Group, Institute of Literary Research, Polish Academy of SciencesThe article constitutes a preliminary attempt at reading from literature the condition of the survivors – people interned in German displaced persons’ camps immediately after WWII. In that context, the author considers the saturated with satire, grotesque, and sarcasm novel by Tadeusz Nowakowski entitled Obóz Wszystkich Świętych. Nowakowski’s vision is supplemented with Tadeusz Borowski’s story entitled Bitwa pod Grunwaldem, as well as his poems, e.g. Dary demokratyczne, and Jerzy Podgórski’s reports in the series W południowych Niemczech, in which DP camps were compared to an etching by Henry Moore presenting human-like figures sleeping in a tunnel. A separate consideration was applied to the fortunes of Ida Fink, interned in the Ettlingen camp. The writer reminisced on the time in her novel entitled The Journey, and in interviews. The analyses of the texts led the author to the conclusion that the discussed narratives indicate the inability to experience solace during (apparent) acquittal, and the inability to return to pre-WWII times.https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/polonica/article/view/3045Polish literatureDP campsurvivorsTadeusz NowakowskiTadeusz BorowskiJerzy NowakowskiIda Finkrite of passage |
| spellingShingle | Bartłomiej Krupa DP camp – literary accounts of the life “in between” An invitation to the topic Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica Polish literature DP camp survivors Tadeusz Nowakowski Tadeusz Borowski Jerzy Nowakowski Ida Fink rite of passage |
| title | DP camp – literary accounts of the life “in between” An invitation to the topic |
| title_full | DP camp – literary accounts of the life “in between” An invitation to the topic |
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| title_short | DP camp – literary accounts of the life “in between” An invitation to the topic |
| title_sort | dp camp literary accounts of the life in between an invitation to the topic |
| topic | Polish literature DP camp survivors Tadeusz Nowakowski Tadeusz Borowski Jerzy Nowakowski Ida Fink rite of passage |
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