Camp literature. Introduction

This article includes a terminological discussion regarding the notion of camp literature. Within Polish literary science, it is usually applied to literature raising the topic of German Nazi camps, particularly concentration camps and death camps, and, though less often, to Soviet camps, particular...

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Main Author: Arkadiusz Morawiec
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lodz University Press 2017-12-01
Series:Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica
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Online Access:https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/polonica/article/view/3041
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spelling doaj-3bdc7f5ff9e2475eb03ed533c712203a2020-11-24T21:49:17ZengLodz University PressActa Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica1505-90572353-19082017-12-0146810.18778/1505-9057.46.012298Camp literature. IntroductionArkadiusz Morawiec0Associate Professor; Chair of Polish Literature of the 20th and 21st Century, Institute of Polish Philology and Speech-Language Pathology, University of ŁódźThis article includes a terminological discussion regarding the notion of camp literature. Within Polish literary science, it is usually applied to literature raising the topic of German Nazi camps, particularly concentration camps and death camps, and, though less often, to Soviet camps, particularly forced labour camps. Yet the definition has proved to be excessively narrow. It should also cover, previously less studied, works of Polish literature regarding, i.a. the Polish concentration camp in Bereza Kartuska, the communist labour camps established in post-WWII Poland, and the Spanish concentration camp in Miranda de Ebro. The notion camp literature could also be applied to works devoted to internment camps, POW camps, or even ghettoes.https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/polonica/article/view/3041Camp literaturędefinitioneconcentration camplabour campdeath campinternment campPOW campghetto
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Camp literature. Introduction
Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica
Camp literaturę
definitione
concentration camp
labour camp
death camp
internment camp
POW camp
ghetto
author_facet Arkadiusz Morawiec
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title Camp literature. Introduction
title_short Camp literature. Introduction
title_full Camp literature. Introduction
title_fullStr Camp literature. Introduction
title_full_unstemmed Camp literature. Introduction
title_sort camp literature. introduction
publisher Lodz University Press
series Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica
issn 1505-9057
2353-1908
publishDate 2017-12-01
description This article includes a terminological discussion regarding the notion of camp literature. Within Polish literary science, it is usually applied to literature raising the topic of German Nazi camps, particularly concentration camps and death camps, and, though less often, to Soviet camps, particularly forced labour camps. Yet the definition has proved to be excessively narrow. It should also cover, previously less studied, works of Polish literature regarding, i.a. the Polish concentration camp in Bereza Kartuska, the communist labour camps established in post-WWII Poland, and the Spanish concentration camp in Miranda de Ebro. The notion camp literature could also be applied to works devoted to internment camps, POW camps, or even ghettoes.
topic Camp literaturę
definitione
concentration camp
labour camp
death camp
internment camp
POW camp
ghetto
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