Language:
English
Year of publication:
1989
Titel der Quelle:
Polin; Studies in Polish Jewry
Angaben zur Quelle:
4 (1989) 98-128
Keywords:
Fredro, Aleksander.
;
Jewish theater
;
Jewish literature History and criticism
;
Jews in literature
;
Judaism in literature
Abstract:
Against the background of changes in Polish society (capitalism, growing nationalism, etc.), surveys the figure of the Jew in the Polish theater. Analyzes plays by Jozef Korzeniowski, Aleksander Fredro, Sarnecki, Zalewski, and others. At the beginning of the 19th century the Jews were depicted in comic form, and later as money-makers, but still making up part of Polish society. With the rise of the National Democrats movement, the Jews were identified as an "alien" element within the Polish "organism" which should be fought and ultimately expelled. This feeling found expression in Polish society, as well as in the theater, and was a sign of crisis in that society. Steinlauf compares the image of the Jew in the Polish theater to the stereotypical image of Black Sambo in American 19th century theater for a better understanding of the problem.
Note:
Particularly on Aleksander Fredro's comedy "Pan Geldhab".
URL:
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