Amos Oz’s Jerusalem (Based on the Novel My Michael) Cover Image

Jerozolima Amosa Oza (na podstawie powieści Mój Michał)
Amos Oz’s Jerusalem (Based on the Novel My Michael)

Author(s): Beata Tarnowska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: Jerusalem; Israeli literature; Amos Oz’s novel My Michael

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the image of Jerusalem of the 1950s. Despite the realistic topography of the Holy City in My Michael, the line between the imagery of urban space and the world of the protagonist’s inner experiences has been blurred. The labirynth-like space of Jerusalem becomes not only the material equivalent of Hanna’s deteriorating mental health, but also a universal metaphor of loneliness, madness and suffering.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 09
  • Page Range: 189-208
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish