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La légende du Juif errant dans La Mémoire d’Abraham de Marek Halter
The legend of The Wandering Jew The Book of Abraham by Marek Halter

Author(s): Paweł Kamiński
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Studies of Literature, Comparative Study of Literature, French Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Instytut Filologii Romańskiej & Wydawnictwo Werset
Keywords: the legend of the Wandering Jew; contemporary French prose; vagrancy; religion; Jewishness; comparative studies

Summary/Abstract: In the very beginning of the 17th century appears a famous legend of the Wandering Jew named Ahasverus, who is characterised by some immutable features. Since then, the story has inspired various artists and despite the passage of time it keeps on arousing a great interest among both writers and readers. The main goal of the present study is to compare the collective protagonist from The Book of Abraham, a twentieth century novel by Marek Halter, to the legendary figure. Therefore, we present a vast and accurate picture of the interactions between the Jewish protagonists from Halter’s novel to the features typical of Ahasuerus.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 138-146
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: French