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Sekrety Zenona Fajfera
The Secrets of Zenon Fajfer

Author(s): Krzysztof Hoffmann
Subject(s): Polish Literature, Hermeneutics, Theory of Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: liberature; secret; Maranos; deconstruction; Zenon Fajfer; Jacques Derrida;

Summary/Abstract: Liberature, the literary project created by Zenon Fajfer and Katarzyna Bazarnik, is usually read from the material perspective, which emphasizes the formal qualities of a work. The article tries to choose a different path. Firstly, it constructs the figure of a secret as the unrevealed foundation of Fajfer’s books. Secondly, it proposes to read this secret in the Marano mode. Hence, the secret of Marano, a Jew who has to conceal his own identity, supported by Jacques Derrida’s observations, becomes a departure point for a new hermeneutic model.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 33
  • Page Range: 169-190
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish