Канон польской литературы в России
The Canon of Polish Literature in Russia

Summary/Abstract: The article describes the question of the canon of the Polish literature in Russia on the basis of 20th century literature, widely represented in the world of „Cyrillic letters“. The author points out the main features of the literature and trying, at the same time, to answer a series of questions including the following ones: Is there a canon of the Polish literature in Russian culture? How can we define the canon in this given context? Who is an author of the canon? Is it a translator, a researcher, a publisher, a reader, or, maybe, a governmental or educational institution? Are there any good reasons to talk about the presence of several canons of Polish literature? How does a foreign canon look like in a light of the original one. How much does the canon depend on different beyond literary phenomena? And, finally, is an anthology of a foreign poetry, namely: Польские поэты XX века, an attempt to create its own canon?

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