Ironic idolization. Bruno Schulz beyond the veil of reality

Bartosz Kowalczyk

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A b s t r a k t

The article attempts to reconsider Bruno Schulz’s use of irony. The basis for analysis here is the short story Pan, included in his Sklepy cynamonowe. The ironic device of deification employed by Schulz appears to exceed standard conceptions of irony and suggests an outcome different from the expected one. Ultimately, Schulz’s writing seems, in a sense, to inscribe itself within a post-ironic discourse, which prompts a re-evaluation of established judgments concerning this distinctive prose.