Lucyna Aleksandrowicz-Pędich
Biographic Data
| ID | 4282110 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lucyna Aleksandrowicz-Pędich |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lucyna |
| FAMILY NAME | Aleksandrowicz-Pędich |
| SIGNATURE | ALEKSANDROWICZ-PĘDICH L |
| AFFILIATIONS | SWPS/University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Constructing Poland in Peter Matthiessen’s In Paradise
Research Article| December 01 2016 Constructing Poland in Peter Matthiessen's In Paradise Peter Matthiessen, In Paradise: A Novel, (New York: Riverhead Books, 2014), 256 pp. ISBN 978-1594633171. Lucyna Aleksandrowicz-Pędich Lucyna Aleksandrowicz-Pędich SWPS/University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw Lucyna Aleksandrowicz-Pędich is a professor of American literature and cross-cultural communication at SWPS University of Social Sciences a…
Jews and Non-Jews
Paul Auster’s Poland- Related Constructs of Death in Timbuktu and Oracle Night
Although the portrayal of Poland as a land of death is common in Jewish- American fiction, the theme is given subtle and restrained treatment in the fiction of Paul Auster, within the context of the emphasis on death that permeates his work. In Timbuktu and Oracle Night, Auster associated Poland with death in an indirect and symbolic fashion. His evocation of Poland is poetic and imaginative as well as highly effective as a literary device
Reconstructing Jewish Identity in Pre- and Post-Holocaust Literature and Culture
Representing the Neighbours
The essay discusses two recent works of literature representing the Holocaust: a Polish play Our Class by Tadeusz Słobodzianek (2009) and an American novel Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (2002). The focus of attention is on two issues which are present in both texts: the collaboration of the local population (Polish and Ukrainian) in the crimes against the Jews during the German occupation as well as various ways of experimenti…
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Reconstructing Jewish Identity in Pre- and Post-Holocaust Literature and Culture
Representing the Neighbours
The essay discusses two recent works of literature representing the Holocaust: a Polish play Our Class by Tadeusz Słobodzianek (2009) and an American novel Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (2002). The focus of attention is on two issues which are present in both texts: the collaboration of the local population (Polish and Ukrainian) in the crimes against the Jews during the German occupation as well as various ways of experimenti…
Jews and Non-Jews
Paul Auster’s Poland- Related Constructs of Death in Timbuktu and Oracle Night
Although the portrayal of Poland as a land of death is common in Jewish- American fiction, the theme is given subtle and restrained treatment in the fiction of Paul Auster, within the context of the emphasis on death that permeates his work. In Timbuktu and Oracle Night, Auster associated Poland with death in an indirect and symbolic fashion. His evocation of Poland is poetic and imaginative as well as highly effective as a literary device
Constructing Poland in Peter Matthiessen’s In Paradise
Research Article| December 01 2016 Constructing Poland in Peter Matthiessen's In Paradise Peter Matthiessen, In Paradise: A Novel, (New York: Riverhead Books, 2014), 256 pp. ISBN 978-1594633171. Lucyna Aleksandrowicz-Pędich Lucyna Aleksandrowicz-Pędich SWPS/University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw Lucyna Aleksandrowicz-Pędich is a professor of American literature and cross-cultural communication at SWPS University of Social Sciences a…
Art (5 works) · History (4 works) · Judaism (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Central European Literary Studies (2 works) · German History and Society (2 works) · History and criticism (2 works) · Identity (2 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (2 works)