Dróżka Aleksandra Sołżenicyna w kontekście literatury naiwnej i folkloru łagrowego
The Trail by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in the Context of Labour Camp Folklore and Naïve Literature

Summary/Abstract: This paper is an attempt to present Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s early poetry against the background of folkloric and parafolkloric works of art. The poem The Trail, which is the subject of this research, provided the material for the most famous of Solzhenitsyn’s prose works. The author of this article shows the reasons why labour camp folklore and naïve literature should be taken into consideration in any interpretations of the writer’s early works. Some of its features, such as the specific complexity of motifs, its original attitude towards the world, its oralness, verity, multiplicity of versions, as well as the provision of a collective experience despite its technical imperfection, make it possible to perceive it as an important stage in the process of creating Solzhenitsyn’s original, individual style.

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