TY - JOUR
TI - Fenicjanie a sprawa polska. Problemy reprezentacji w „Faraonie” Bolesława Prusa
AU - Forajter, Wacław
TI - Fenicjanie a sprawa polska. Problemy reprezentacji w „Faraonie” Bolesława Prusa
AB - 
	Phoenicians and the Polish Cause. Problems of Representationin Bolesław Prus’s Faraon

	 

	This article proposes to reflect on selected paradoxes of representation in Bolesław Prus’s novel Faraon [The Pharaoh]. First of all, the author discusses the validity of the notions of “truth” / “falsehood” in literary studies and proves that there is no reason for applying them to fiction. Then, he focuses on the depiction of the uncanny magician Beroes and his actions, which transgress realistic standards of probability. Finally, the author argues that the analogy between the novel’s fictional Phoenicians and 19th-century Polish Jews drawn by some researchers is unjustified both because of the novel’s narrative mode and the writer’s opinions expressed in his other texts.
VL - 2021
IS - Numer 1 (47) 2021
PY - 2021
SN - 1897-1962
C1 - 2084-395X
SP - 47
EP - 66
DO - 10.4467/2084395XWI.21.003.13578
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/wieloglos/artykul/fenicjanie-a-sprawa-polska-problemy-reprezentacji-w-faraonie-boleslawa-prusa
KW - Bolesław Prus
KW - fikcja historyczna
KW - reprezentacja
KW - egiptologia
KW - Żydzi; Bolesław Prus
KW - historical fiction
KW - representation
KW - Egyptology
KW - Jews