„Arystokraci nędzy”, czyli Kazimiery Alberti opowieść o odrzuconych

Abstract

The paper focuses on an undercurrent analysis of social problems present in almost all Kazimiera Alberti’s work written in an interwar period. A kind of “hierarchy” of people suffering from social, economic, ethnic and gender inequality is evident in Alberti’s works. This “hierarchy” could be considered as hell circles, although a gradation of pain and misery depends on a level of social rejection, not on committed sins. Alberti puts cultural and ethnic hybrids in the deepest circle of hell – those people are perceived as others/aliens (and often not as human beings) by both (or more) cultures/communities, they are “made” from.

Keywords

• Kazimiera Alberti
• polska literatura międzywojenna
• obcy/inny
• od­rzucenie
• problemy społeczne
• hybrydy kulturowe