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The words and silence in the prose of Polish emigration writer Bronisław Świderski
Mateusz Sawczuk
Abstract
Bronisław Świderski is one of the writers who represents Polish emigration literature after 1968. He is the author of three novels – The Autobiographies (1981), The Stranger’s Words (1998), The Assistant of Death (2007) – and of many short stories published in Polish newspapers and magazines. In the literary world created by Świderski the main role is played by the language which often becomes an outright character of his literary texts. Świderski’s innovative conceptualization is characterized by the fact that he shows the appreciation of silence, both in the communication process and in literature. Interesting implications in the storyline, narration and punctuation result in deep reflection on the present communication, especially in the context of meeting with the Other, embodied by the emigrant, a person from another culture or simply by every different man.
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communication, language, stranger, Polish emigration literature, Polish contemporary literature, silence, Świderski BronisławDetails
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