„Cerkiew jest tak blisko bóżnicy”. Ukraińska przestrzeń geograficzno-kulturowa w Echu Juliana Stryjkowskiego
“The Greek Catholic Church Is So Close to the Synagogue.” The Role of Ukrainian Geographical and Cultural Space in Echo by Julian Stryjkowski

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns the role of the geographical and cultural space of historical Eastern Galicia / Western Ukraine in Stryjkowski’s writing, especially the novel Echo (1988), as a background for the fictional events and the characters’ living environment, and as a separate object of the author’s interest. The focus is on the relationship between literary space, the real topography of Stryi and the surrounding area, as well as the image of Ukrainian culture and community in relation to Jewish culture. The novel features many Ukrainian characters, Ukrainian-language expressions, and the motif of erotic relationships between representatives of the Jewish and Ukrainian communities. Ukrainian culture is shown as close to many of the Jewish characters – they contact the rural Ruthenian population in particular, they can speak or understand the Ukrainian language, and they watch and listen to the liturgy in the Greek Catholic church. Stryjkowski presents Stryi and the surrounding area with great topographic accuracy. He also documents the names and occupations of many historical figures, including Ukrainians.

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