Whatever critical scalpel one selects for dissecting the literary works of Bruno Schulz (1892-1942), there will always be a certain degree of textual resistance which cannot be broken. Or in other words, taking off one of Schulz's many masks, one will probably never avoid the impression that a new mask has emerged. This book contributes to the three most typical critical strategies of reading Schulz's works (combinations, fragmentations, reintegrations) - being fully aware, of course, of the relativity of each particular approach. In addition, the book sets out to explore all of Schulz's creative output (i.e. his stories as well as his graphic, epistolary and even literary critical works), as one of Schulz's main goals was exactly to cross artificially set up boundaries between, among other things, different artistic media of expression. The book for the first time brings together leading Schulzologists (Jarz?bski, Markowski, Robertson) and their prospective successors (Augsburger, Gorin, Kato, Sucha?ska-Dra?y?ska, Underhill, Wojda), established Polish academics (D?browski, Skwara, Weretiuk) and their foreign counterparts (De Bruyn, Gall, Meyer-Fraatz, Schulte, Sproede, Zieli?ski), scholars primarily working on other authors (Anessi, ?liwa, ?urek) and those focusing on other art forms (S?nchez-Pardo, Watt). The editors' introduction offers an overview of seven decades of Schulzology. The book is of interest for both readers with a general interest in (world) literature and/or a particular interest in Polish and Jewish studies.
Author(s): Dieter De Bruyn, Kris Van Heuckelom (editors)
Series: Studies in Slavic Literature & Poetics
Publisher: Rodopi
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 530
CONTENTS......Page 6
Introduction: Seven Decades of Schulzology......Page 10
Ecstasy and Heresy: Martin Buber, Bruno Schulz, and Jewish Modernity......Page 28
Exposing and Concealing Jewish Origin: Bruno Schulz and Boleslaw Lesmian
......Page 50
As One Kabbalist to Another… On Arnold Slucki’s Mystical Visions in the Poem 'Bruno Schulz'
......Page 68
"The Lie Always Rises to the Surface like Oil". Toward a Metafictional Reading of Karol Irzykowski’s Paluba and Bruno Schulz’s Fiction
......Page 84
"I Drew a Plan of an Imaginary City". The Phenomenon of the City in Bruno Schulz and Miron Bialoszewski
......Page 136
Mythopoetic Traditions and Inserted Treatises: Bruno Schulz and Danilo Kiš......Page 154
Bruno Schulz and the Magical Realism of Gabriel García Márquez in One Hundred Years of Solitude......Page 174
"A (Wo)man on a Sofa" in Bruno Schulz’s Art and Writings. Schulz as a "Painterly" and "Writerly" Artist
......Page 196
The Early Graphic Works of Bruno Schulz and Sacher-Masoch's
Venus in Furs: Schulz as a Modernist......Page 220
Zuloaga (Rilke?) Schulz......Page 252
Bruno Schulz and Djuna Barnes: Border-crossing and Artistic Practice......Page 268
Bruno Schulz's Incomparable Realities: From Literature to
Theatricality......Page 290
Aesthetics of Melancholy in Bruno Schulz's Writings
......Page 308
Bruno Schulz and Seductive Discourse......Page 328
Thinking About Absurdity with Bruno Schulz: Paradox and Potential......Page 340
Jewish Mysticism – A Source of Similarities Between Bruno Schulz's Writings and Psychoanalysis
......Page 362
The Clepsydra of Empedocles and the Phenomena of Breath and Wind in Bruno Schulz's Fiction
......Page 380
The Great Heresy of the Varsovian Center......Page 398
The Ukrainian Reception of Bruno Schulz's Writings: Paradox or
Norm?......Page 420
Text and Theater. The Ironic Imagination of Bruno Schulz......Page 436
Bruno Schulz’s Intimate Communication: From the "True Viewer" of Xiega balwochwalcza to the "True Reader" of 'Ksiga'
......Page 452
Bruno Schulz: Between Avant-Garde and Hasidic Redemption......Page 474
Poetical Fluidization and Intellectual Eclecticism in Bruno Schulz's
Writings......Page 500
Index......Page 520
