Varia: From excluded passion to passion for exclusion in a short story: "Niby gaj" by Jerzy Andrzejewski Cover Image

Varia: Od wykluczonej namiętności do namiętności wykluczania w opowiadaniu "Niby gaj" Jerzego Andrzejewskiego
Varia: From excluded passion to passion for exclusion in a short story: "Niby gaj" by Jerzy Andrzejewski

Author(s): Łukasz Wróblewski
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Andrzejewski; exclusion; homoeroticism; passion

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to respond to the question whether the subject of the story can exclude a homoerotic passion that he is possessed by. Jerzy Andrzejewski’s short story "Niby gaj" is used here to prove that a mechanism of self-exclusion is an illusion and it turns into its own reverse. The mechanism of exclusion helps the hero of the story to create a web made of attachments and dependencies. Michał (the adored object) embodies such a set of connections and acts as a lover who in this case turns against his antagonist.

  • Issue Year: 15/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 191-199
  • Page Count: 9