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(Un)masking Bruno Schulz
New Combinations, Further Fragmentations, Ultimate Reintegrations
Series: - Studies in Slavic Literature and Poetics, Volume: 54
- Studies in Slavic Literature and Poetics Online, Volume: 54
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 Schulzâs 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 Schulzâs works (combinations, fragmentations, reintegrations) â being fully aware, of course, of the relativity of each particular approach. In addition, the book sets out to explore all of Schulzâs creative output (i.e. his stories as well as his graphic, epistolary and even literary critical works), as one of Schulzâs 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 (JarzÄbski, Robertson, Sproede) and their prospective successors (Augsburger, Gorin, Kato, SuchaÅska-DrażyÅska, Underhill, Wojda), established Polish academics (DÄ
browski, Markowski, Skwara, Weretiuk) and their foreign counterparts (De Bruyn, Gall, Meyer-Fraatz, Schulte, ZieliÅski), scholars primarily working on other authors (Anessi, Åliwa, Å»urek) and those focusing on other art forms (Sánchez-Pardo, Watt). The editorsâ 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.
"These essays shed additional light on Schulzâs body of work, provide a productive means of expanding on older themes, and open up a breadth of new questions and possible roads of academic inquiry. In sum, this volume forms a Schulzology compendium that sets a new standard in any language for the study of this enigmatic author." â Ewa Wampuszyc, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in: Slavic and East European Journal 57/2 (2013), pp. 324-6
"[â¦] there is an unusually high percentage of quality essays with innovative approaches [â¦]. We should expect that the collected essays in this volume will set the standard for Schulz studies in English. We can also hope that it will have an impact on the Polish-language sphere." â Jessie Labov, The Ohio State University, in: The Russian Review 71/3 (June 2012), pp. 509-10
"[â¦] there is an unusually high percentage of quality essays with innovative approaches [â¦]. We should expect that the collected essays in this volume will set the standard for Schulz studies in English. We can also hope that it will have an impact on the Polish-language sphere." â Jessie Labov, The Ohio State University, in: The Russian Review 71/3 (June 2012), pp. 509-10
Dieter De Bruyn & Kris Van Heuckelom: Introduction: Seven Decades of Schulzology
New Combinations: Literature
Karen Underhill: Ecstasy and Heresy: Martin Buber, Bruno Schulz, and Jewish Modernity
Andrea Meyer-Fraatz: Exposing and Concealing Jewish Origin: Bruno Schulz and BolesÅaw LeÅmian
SÅawomir Jacek Å»urek: As One Kabbalist to Another⦠On Arnold SÅuckiâs Mystical Visions of the World in the Poem âBruno Schulzâ
Dieter De Bruyn: âThe Lie Always Rises to the Surface like Oilâ. Toward a Metafictional Reading of Karol Irzykowskiâs PaÅuba and Bruno Schulzâs Fiction
Anna Åliwa: âI Drew a Plan of an Imaginary Cityâ. The Phenomenon of the City in Bruno Schulz and Miron BiaÅoszewski
Alfred Gall: Mythopoetic Traditions and Inserted Treatises: Bruno Schulz and Danilo Kiš
Dorota Wojda: Bruno Schulz and the Magical Realism of Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez in One Hundred Years of Solitude
New Combinations: Art
Marta Skwara: âA (Wo)man on a Sofaâ in Bruno Schulzâs Art and Writings. Schulz as a âPainterlyâ and âWriterlyâ Artist
Ariko Kato: The Early Graphic Works of Bruno Schulz and Sacher-Masochâs Venus in Furs: Schulz as a Modernist
Jan ZieliÅski: Zuloaga (Rilke?) Schulz
Esther Sánchez-Pardo: Bruno Schulz and Djuna Barnes: Border-crossing and Artistic Practice
Daniel Watt: Bruno Schulzâs Incomparable Realities: From Literature to Theatricality
Further Fragmentations
MieczysÅaw DÄ browski: Aesthetics of Melancholy in Bruno Schulzâs Writings
Jerzy JarzÄbski: Bruno Schulz and Seductive Discourse
Shlomit Gorin: Thinking About Absurdity with Bruno Schulz: Paradox and Potential
Marta SuchaÅska-DrażyÅska: Jewish Mysticism â A Source of Similarities Between Bruno Schulzâs Writings and Psychoanalysis
Jörg Schulte: The Clepsydra of Empedocles and the Phenomena of Breath and Wind in Bruno Schulzâs Fiction
Thomas Anessi: The Great Heresy of the Varsovian Center
Oksana Weretiuk: The Ukrainian Reception of Bruno Schulzâs Writings: Paradox or Norm?
Ultimate Reintegrations
MichaÅ PaweÅ Markowski: Text and Theater. The Ironic Imagination of Bruno Schulz
Theodosia Robertson: Bruno Schulzâs Intimate Communication: From the âTrue Viewerâ of XiÄga baÅwochwalcza to the âTrue Readerâ of âKsiÄgaâ
Alfred Sproede: Bruno Schulz: Between Avant-Garde and Hasidic Redemption
Janis Augsburger: Poetical Fluidization and Intellectual Eclecticism in Bruno Schulzâs Writings
Index
New Combinations: Literature
Karen Underhill: Ecstasy and Heresy: Martin Buber, Bruno Schulz, and Jewish Modernity
Andrea Meyer-Fraatz: Exposing and Concealing Jewish Origin: Bruno Schulz and BolesÅaw LeÅmian
SÅawomir Jacek Å»urek: As One Kabbalist to Another⦠On Arnold SÅuckiâs Mystical Visions of the World in the Poem âBruno Schulzâ
Dieter De Bruyn: âThe Lie Always Rises to the Surface like Oilâ. Toward a Metafictional Reading of Karol Irzykowskiâs PaÅuba and Bruno Schulzâs Fiction
Anna Åliwa: âI Drew a Plan of an Imaginary Cityâ. The Phenomenon of the City in Bruno Schulz and Miron BiaÅoszewski
Alfred Gall: Mythopoetic Traditions and Inserted Treatises: Bruno Schulz and Danilo Kiš
Dorota Wojda: Bruno Schulz and the Magical Realism of Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez in One Hundred Years of Solitude
New Combinations: Art
Marta Skwara: âA (Wo)man on a Sofaâ in Bruno Schulzâs Art and Writings. Schulz as a âPainterlyâ and âWriterlyâ Artist
Ariko Kato: The Early Graphic Works of Bruno Schulz and Sacher-Masochâs Venus in Furs: Schulz as a Modernist
Jan ZieliÅski: Zuloaga (Rilke?) Schulz
Esther Sánchez-Pardo: Bruno Schulz and Djuna Barnes: Border-crossing and Artistic Practice
Daniel Watt: Bruno Schulzâs Incomparable Realities: From Literature to Theatricality
Further Fragmentations
MieczysÅaw DÄ browski: Aesthetics of Melancholy in Bruno Schulzâs Writings
Jerzy JarzÄbski: Bruno Schulz and Seductive Discourse
Shlomit Gorin: Thinking About Absurdity with Bruno Schulz: Paradox and Potential
Marta SuchaÅska-DrażyÅska: Jewish Mysticism â A Source of Similarities Between Bruno Schulzâs Writings and Psychoanalysis
Jörg Schulte: The Clepsydra of Empedocles and the Phenomena of Breath and Wind in Bruno Schulzâs Fiction
Thomas Anessi: The Great Heresy of the Varsovian Center
Oksana Weretiuk: The Ukrainian Reception of Bruno Schulzâs Writings: Paradox or Norm?
Ultimate Reintegrations
MichaÅ PaweÅ Markowski: Text and Theater. The Ironic Imagination of Bruno Schulz
Theodosia Robertson: Bruno Schulzâs Intimate Communication: From the âTrue Viewerâ of XiÄga baÅwochwalcza to the âTrue Readerâ of âKsiÄgaâ
Alfred Sproede: Bruno Schulz: Between Avant-Garde and Hasidic Redemption
Janis Augsburger: Poetical Fluidization and Intellectual Eclecticism in Bruno Schulzâs Writings
Index