https://doi.org/10.31261/IR.2022.08.10
The article discusses selected texts from the multilingual "Canon of memoir literature of Polish Jews". Most of them have not been published in Polish before. Some of the authors lived in the Polish territories under the Russian partition or spent some time in pre- or post-revolutionary Russia. In the egodocuments they wrote, they focused on their own experiences, religion, culture and Jewish identity. They also created, although sometimes only in the margins of their memories, a picture of Russian Jews, Ruthenians and Russians. They referred to Russian culture and language, politics, history and social tensions. They bear witness to life in a sometimes multicultural and multilingual melting pot, and their contents reflect a rich and diverse culture. The texts of the " Canon of memoir literature" are rediscovered sources, offering the possibility of new interdisciplinary interpretations.
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No. 1(8) (2022)
Published: 2022-06-30
10.31261/IR
English
Język Polski