Published: 2020-12-28

New York in the prose writings of Janusz Głowacki

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Section: Deliberations in the field of literature studies
https://doi.org/10.31261/PS_P.2020.26.09

Abstract

The paper depicts the image of New York which emerges from the prose writings of Janusz Głowacki. The writer, meticulous in representing the topography of the metropolis, saw it as a city of stark contrasts, unlimited possibilities and complete unpredictability. The view of New York, always critical in Głowacki’s writing, revealed its sharpness and depth especially in his recent novels. The city appears as a parable of the global world, its chaos and confusion of values, as a reality, in which poverty and wealth exist next to each other, people devoid of authenticity treat others like objects, confrontation with otherness blurs identity, and values are created by money and the market.

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Paliwoda, A. (2020). New York in the prose writings of Janusz Głowacki. Postscriptum Polonistyczne, 26(2), 121–129. https://doi.org/10.31261/PS_P.2020.26.09

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Vol. 26 No. 2 (2020)
Published: 2020-12-28


ISSN: 1898-1593
eISSN: 2353-9844
Ikona DOI 10.31261/PS_P

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Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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