Marka Girszyna gry z kliszami. „Mały człowiek” – „Obcy” – Żyd

Abstract

The following article analyzes the novel entitled The Killing of an Immigrant (Ubijstwo emigranta) with the special focus placed on the literary and social cliches present in the narrative. Though Girshin's text is abundant in literary allusions to various works, the article examines only two of them. The first one is a cliche of “a little man”, which constitutes a parallel between the discussed novel and Gogol's story The Overcoat. The other is a cliche of “a stranger” adopted from Albert Camus' novel. In the final passages of the article the author attempts to demonstrate Grishin's use of the cliche of a Jew as a victim.