Identity and I ideology : zionism in Polish-Jewish literature

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The work presents the Zionist ideology in Polish-Jewish literature in years 1892-1939. The first part of the work was entitled Ideological and Identity Choices. The first part is devoted to the life and work of six Polish-Jewish writers: Alfred Nossig (1864-1943), Róża Melzer (1866-1934), Jakub Appenszlak (1894-1950), Maurycy Szymel (1904-1942), Roman Brandstaetter (1906-1987) and Rimon Heller (1924-1941). The above-mentioned artists were important representatives of the Polish-Jewish cultural borderland not only as writers but also as publicists, journalists, publishers, politicians and social activists. In my work I analyze their strategies of writing about Zionism. In the second part of the dissertation, which is entilted Literature as a Medium of Ideology, I analyze the selected problems in Polish-Jewish Zionist Literature. For example: concepts of presenting the Palestinian reality, life of the pioneers and Jewish-Arab realtions, but also exotization, romantization and idealization of Palestine. I also anaylze Zionist press and literature devoted to children and youth. Another issue that I analyze in my work, are literary portraits of the Zionist politicians, especially Theodor Herzl.