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Pycha Zuzanny Ginczanki – doświadczenia dojrzewania
Pycha by Zuzanna Ginczanka – the experiences of adolescence

Author(s): Karolina Koprowska
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Zuzanna Ginczanka; interwar period; Pycha; adolescence

Summary/Abstract: The article is an interpretation sketchof one poem by Zuzanna Ginczanka, a Polish poet of Jewish ancestry. The analyzed poem Pycha [Pride] may be considered representative for the early, pre-war output of Ginczanka, excellently exemplifying her evolution towards literary maturity, originality and literary consciousness. The sketch mainly presents the diversity of literary strategies used by the poet to show many dimensions of the experience of adolescence.

  • Issue Year: 11/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 33-45
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish