TY - JOUR TI - The ‘secret of life’ and repetition. About Nimrod by Bruno Schulz AU - Czabanowska-Wróbel, Anna TI - The ‘secret of life’ and repetition. About Nimrod by Bruno Schulz AB - Interpreting Bruno Schulz’s short story Nimrod in the context of Modernist vitalism reveals the significance and specific character of this short piece within the whole liter- ary production of the author of The Street of Crocodiles. Taking into account a variety of life philosophies, it is possible to rethink the role of childhood in Schulz’s prose. Whether a human offspring or a puppy, the condition of being a child occupies an important position in the author’s reflection upon the essence of life. In his anthro- pological thinking, in which the ‘living vs. dead’ opposition occupies a central place, the category of repetition is especially relevant. Also significant here is the context of the progress of the natural sciences at the turn of the 19th and 20th century, which was familiar to Schulz. VL - 2017 IS - Issue 4 (34) 2017: Proza modernizmu PY - 2018 SN - 1897-1962 C1 - 2084-395X SP - 29 EP - 46 DO - 10.4467/2084395XWI.17.026.8533 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/wieloglos/article/sekret-zycia-i-powtorzenie-wokol-nemroda-brunona-schulza KW - Bruno Schulz KW - vitalism KW - life philosophy KW - natural sciences KW - animals KW - repetition