| Abstract [eng] |
SUMMARY Image of Jews in the Lithuanian Literature of the 19th c. and of the Interwar Period and in the Memories of Postwar Witnesses The living of Jews of Lithuania in 19th century and the Interwar period often is put in wrong construction even by modern people in up-to-date life. Since the half of 19th century „Jewish question“ was the constant conception which (thought in the beginning was used only as social term) became a code summarizing the political, cultural, economical discontent of innovation, exposing the fears of existence and domination of foreign capital, through the doctrine of new racist anti-Semitism taking the shape of a new trend. Different historical sources write about Jewish living, relationships of Jews and Lithuanians, ventilates the painful experience of Jews nation, their tragedy. Whereas there are especially little mentioned about the formation of image of Jews in Lithuanian works of fiction, publications, what impact it has to Lithuanian society. In the first part of this Masters dissertation the characteristic points about the genesis and process of the formation of the nation attitude towards Jews are analysed: causality, the features of historic presumption and development. The second part of this work concerns the comprehensive analysis of Lithuanian Literature of the 19th century and of the Interwar Period (related to the question of Jews image), highlighting the main features. In addition, the author shortly discusses the main aspects of Jews image in the most important postwar literature. The third part gives attention to the analysis of the main points of Jews illustration in the appropriate time-period publication. The forth part is devoted for the folklore analysis related to Jews. The last part gives much attention to the memories of Postwar Witnesses. The goal of this dissertation is to provide thorough analysis of the formation of image of Jews in society of Lithuania in the context of the Lithuanian Literature of the 19th century and of the Interwar Period and in the Memories of Postwar Witness. |
