EXPERIENCE OR Imagination? Edward Żebrowski’s "Salvation" ("Ocalenie") in the light of Mann’s "Magic mountain" Cover Image

Doświadczenie czy wyobrażenie? O Mannowskim kontekście "Ocalenia" Edwarda Żebrowskiego
EXPERIENCE OR Imagination? Edward Żebrowski’s "Salvation" ("Ocalenie") in the light of Mann’s "Magic mountain"

Author(s): Andrzej Szpulak
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Szpulak; Andrszej; Mann; Thomas; Żebrowski; Edward; "Salvation"; "Magic Mountain"; reality of hospital or sanatorium life; elements of autobiography; Polish cinema; Polish film; Polish director; narrative convention; realism

Summary/Abstract: The article is structured around the notion of the poetics of realism in Edward Żebrowski’s film "Salvation" and in Thomas Mann’s book "Magic Mountain". The author tries to describe the relation between the reality of hospital or sanatorium life present in those works to such poetics. Szpulak analyses: auto-reflection of the works’ authors, the process of creation of reflected worlds, the creation of the protagonists, shaping of time and elements of autobiography. The analysis shows that the realism in the work of the Polish director is present in a more consistent way, being the basis of the narrative convention. However realism is not present in the work for its own sake, rather it serves the greater meaning contained in either book or film.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 75-76
  • Page Range: 110-121
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish