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Motywy żydowskie we współczesnej aforystyce rosyjskiej
Jewish motives in modern Russian aphorisms

Author(s): Alicja Mrózek
Subject(s): History of Judaism
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: aphorisms; Jews; cosmopolitans; the Bible

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the writings of modern Russian aphorists, focused on Jewish motives. The aphorisms were divided into few groups: inspired by the Bible, by the history of the Jewish Nation, by politics or Jewish-related stereotypes. Because of an ambiguous nature of the aphorisms, presented writings can be understood in many different ways.

  • Issue Year: 3/2019
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 94-110
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish