Functions of a Fairy Tale in the Auschwitz Camp Memories of Zofia Posmysz
The article gives a multifaceted interpretation of the functions of a concentration camp fairy tale from the perspective of folklore studies (i.e. its socio-integrative, aesthetic, didactic/educational, compensatory/cathartic and trauma management functions) and literary studies (strategies of wome...
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The article gives a multifaceted interpretation of the functions of a concentration camp fairy tale from the perspective of folklore studies (i.e. its socio-integrative, aesthetic, didactic/educational, compensatory/cathartic and trauma management functions) and literary studies (strategies of women’s writing about the Holocaust and the war, and the camp testimony). The author analyses the novel Wakacje nad Adriatykiem (1970) and an extended interview Królestwo za mgłą (2017) by Zofia Posmysz, an inmate of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Ravensbrück and Neustadt-Glewe, who stylised her camp memories as a traditional folk tale, thus commemorating the fairy tales told by her camp friend Zofia Jachimczak, who did not survive Auschwitz. The author comes to the conclusion that a concentration camp fairy tale seems to be a complete genre and a comprehensive structure of meaning that makes it possible to express the inexpressible.
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| spelling | doaj.art-aafb8b8c5ee049df9350217805b708f02023-10-31T11:53:41ZengPolskie Towarzystwo LudoznawczeŁódzkie Studia Etnograficzne0076-03822450-55442023-10-016210.12775/LSE.2023.62.0542314Functions of a Fairy Tale in the Auschwitz Camp Memories of Zofia PosmyszKatarzyna Smyk The article gives a multifaceted interpretation of the functions of a concentration camp fairy tale from the perspective of folklore studies (i.e. its socio-integrative, aesthetic, didactic/educational, compensatory/cathartic and trauma management functions) and literary studies (strategies of women’s writing about the Holocaust and the war, and the camp testimony). The author analyses the novel Wakacje nad Adriatykiem (1970) and an extended interview Królestwo za mgłą (2017) by Zofia Posmysz, an inmate of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Ravensbrück and Neustadt-Glewe, who stylised her camp memories as a traditional folk tale, thus commemorating the fairy tales told by her camp friend Zofia Jachimczak, who did not survive Auschwitz. The author comes to the conclusion that a concentration camp fairy tale seems to be a complete genre and a comprehensive structure of meaning that makes it possible to express the inexpressible. https://apcz.umk.pl/LSE/article/view/46650folk talemagic taleconcentration campBirkenauAuschwitzfunctions of folklore |
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| title | Functions of a Fairy Tale in the Auschwitz Camp Memories of Zofia Posmysz |
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| title_short | Functions of a Fairy Tale in the Auschwitz Camp Memories of Zofia Posmysz |
| title_sort | functions of a fairy tale in the auschwitz camp memories of zofia posmysz |
| topic | folk tale magic tale concentration camp Birkenau Auschwitz functions of folklore |
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