Published: 2023-12-29

The Attributes of the Jewish Existence in the Works Of Mendele Mocher Sforim (Fishke The Lame)

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Abstract

The paper deals with the analysis of a work by one of the precursors of the new Jewish literature of 1835—1917. The characters and the narrator himself were shown as the representatives of the saved, traditional culture of the early 1900’s with their traditions, behaviour, dialect and habits in the specific environment and everyday situations. The writer presents the picture of that world in a very consistent and precise way together with its characteristic and unique features. These features are analysed in this paper. Thus the selected parts have been taken into consideration. Those parts describe various aspects of the Jewish existence and they have been divided into groups. The parameters of various situations and features which are presented in those groups, (have been) described from the point of view ot the semantics and (have been) formalized as the attributes referring to the general aspects (not only of Jewish character), as well as those very specific ones (typically Jewish) and those subjective in character (referring to individuals). The ones of the subjective character are the starting point of creating the general and complete picture of the Jews and the Jewish nation with the associated attributes. These attributes show the Jewish towns and communities. 22 parameters have been selected and put in the hierarchical order, then illustrated with some examples and finally they have been described as some conceptual constructions which reflect the specificity of the consciousness of the mental culture presented above.

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Czerwiński, Piotr. 2023. “The Attributes of the Jewish Existence in the Works Of Mendele Mocher Sforim (Fishke The Lame)”. Iudaica Russica, no. 2(11) (December):1-26. https://doi.org/10.31261/IR.2023.11.04.

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No. 2(11) (2023)
Published: 2023-12-29


ISSN: 2657-4861
eISSN: 2657-8352
Ikona DOI 10.31261/IR

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Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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