Published: 2017-12-24

Poor animals look at people. Margin notes in book „Why did the Geese Shriek?” Animals and the Holocaust in Polish Literature of the 20th and 21st Century by Piotr Krupiński

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Abstract

The article presents a reflection on the presence of animals in the Holocaust and in the narratives that
underpinned it. The starting point of this consideration is the book by a Polish literary scholar – Piotr
Krupiński „Why did the Geese Shriek?” Animals and the Holocaust in Polish Literature of the 20th and 21st Century. The author juxtaposes the book with the comic book Maus by Art Spiegelman and the nazi propaganda film The Eternal Jew. The article raises questions about, among others, suffering of animals, a human–animal dualism in the context of the Holocaust, zoomorphism, and controversies over the so called animal holocaust. The author points out that we should remember the human is also an animal, especially at the time of the reflection on the Holocaust, which reveals the issue of „community of death”.

Citation rules

Markiewicz, M. (2017). Poor animals look at people. Margin notes in book „Why did the Geese Shriek?” Animals and the Holocaust in Polish Literature of the 20th and 21st Century by Piotr Krupiński. Zoophilologica. Polish Journal of Animal Studies, (3), 239–248. Retrieved from https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/ZOOPHILOLOGICA/article/view/7133

No. 3 (2017)
Published: 2017-12-24


ISSN: 2719-2687
eISSN: 2451-3849
Ikona DOI 10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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