Essayists of Jewish condition – after the Holocaust: Maurice Blanchot and Bogdan Dawid Wojdowski Cover Image

Eseiści kondycji żydowskiej – po Zagładzie: Maurice Blanchot i Bogdan Dawid Wojdowski
Essayists of Jewish condition – after the Holocaust: Maurice Blanchot and Bogdan Dawid Wojdowski

Author(s): Katarzyna Kuczyńska-Koschany
Subject(s): Jewish studies, French Literature, Polish Literature, History of the Holocaust
Published by: Wydawnictwo Poznańskie Studia Polonistyczne
Keywords: essay; Jewish situation; Holocaust; Wojdowski Bogdan Dawid; Blanchot Maurice;

Summary/Abstract: The main object of the author’s reflection is the Jewish situation after the Holocaust expressed in the genre of literary essay. The thoughts of Maurice Blanchot and Bogdan Dawid Wojdowski – both prominent essayists – are taken into consideration as an example. Whereas the French writer’s reflections on the Jewish situation are part of his observations about the category of infinity, the Polish essayist’s realizations are intermingled with his own tragic fate as a Jew. Blanchot and Wojdowski wrote after the Holocaust, which is an unique turning point in history for the Jews and their diaspora as well as for the Mediterranean culture.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 30
  • Page Range: 385-399
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish