Karnawalizacja świata w chełmskich opowieściach Menachema Kipnisa

Abstract

This article is devoted to Menachem Kipnis: a Polish cantor, journalist, satirist, columnist, songwriter, photographer, and person fascinated by folk tales and Jewish folk tradition. Depicted in Kipnis’ stories, eponymous Chełm happens to be a place existing first and foremost in imagination, which is abundant in grotesque and absurd representations of everyday life of its citizens. As it is argued in the article, this is the realm founded on folk superstitions, whose inhabitants seek wisdom: the value they deem to be of greatest importance.