Polish Shahrazad Can Speak, or the Burden of Erudition

The article is a critical discussion of Dorota Wojda’s book Polska Szeherezada. Swoje i obce z perspektywy postkolonialnej (Wydawnictwo UJ, Kraków 2015). The analysis tests theses posed by the Author and methods proposed to investigate the encounters with the Other in Polish literature and culture that constitute the object of examination of the work. The discussion contextualizes some of the postcolonial terms and perspectives applied in Wojda’s work.

The article is a critical discussion of Dorota Wojda’s book Polska Szeherezada. Swoje i obce z perspektywy postkolonialnej (Wydawnictwo UJ, Kraków 2015). The analysis tests theses posed by the Author and methods proposed to investigate the encounters with the Other in Polish literature and culture that constitute the object of examination of the work. The discussion contextualizes some of the postcolonial terms and perspectives applied in Wojda’s work.