Writing the Father. The “Schulzean Gene” in the Fiction of Danilo Kiš Cover Image

Pisanie Ojca. „Gen schulzowski” w prozie Danila Kiša
Writing the Father. The “Schulzean Gene” in the Fiction of Danilo Kiš

Author(s): Alla Tatarenko
Contributor(s): Marek Wilczyński (Translator)
Subject(s): Croatian Literature, Polish Literature, Ukrainian Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Fundacja Terytoria Książki
Keywords: schulz studies;schulzologia;bruno schulz;danilo kis; croatian literature;polish literature;

Summary/Abstract: Danilo Kiš claimed that his favorite works of other writers not only contributed to hisown books as their “ancestors,” but also became parts of his spiritual DNA. The authormakes an attempt at finding the “Schulzean gene” in The Family Circus and reveal theinvisible presence of Schulz in other works by Kiš. Schulz has not been mentioned there,but he remains “present through his absence,” just like Kiš’s father, the protagonist ofHourglass, called “a novel about absence.”

  • Issue Year: 8/2016
  • Issue No: 8
  • Page Range: 65-76
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish