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„Nocny złodziej jabłek” – Henryk Bereza i nurt chłopski w prozie polskiej
‘The Nocturnal Apple Thief’: Henryk Bereza and the Peasant Tradition in Polish Fiction

Author(s): Andrzej Skrendo
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Fiction, Polish Literature, Rural and urban sociology, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: literary criticism; contemporary prose; peasant tradition;

Summary/Abstract: This article explores Henryk Bereza’s literary criticism as well as fiction in the so-called peasant tradition. This movement blossomed in the 1970s, and Bereza was the most important critic to tackle this phenomenon. What was the peasant tradition? What debates did it give rise to? What does it signify today?

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 36-53
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish