The Many Functions of the Demoniac and the Supernatural in Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Short Stories

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Autor(a) principal: Albuquerque, Juliana de
Data de Publicação: 2022
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Arquivo Maaravi: Revista Digital de Estudos Judaicos da UFMG
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/maaravi/article/view/42279
Resumo: This article aims at discussing some of the functions that demons and othersupernatural beings have in the short stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer. It examines textsby Singer in which the demon appears either as a character or as narrator in an attemptto clarify what is precisely modern in Singer’s literary approach to the folklore of theJews from Eastern Europe. In the stories by Singer we find dybbukim, imps anddomestic demons who live behind the stove, people who pretend to be demons inorder to have their way in life, and also actual demons who take charge of the writer’spen to tell stories related to the destruction of the Polish Jews in the 20th century.
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spelling The Many Functions of the Demoniac and the Supernatural in Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Short StoriesAs várias funções do demoníaco e do sobrenatural em contos de Isaac Bashevis SingerDemôniosReligião e folclore judaicosLiteratura ídiche DemonsJewish Religion and FolkloreYiddish LiteratureThis article aims at discussing some of the functions that demons and othersupernatural beings have in the short stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer. It examines textsby Singer in which the demon appears either as a character or as narrator in an attemptto clarify what is precisely modern in Singer’s literary approach to the folklore of theJews from Eastern Europe. In the stories by Singer we find dybbukim, imps anddomestic demons who live behind the stove, people who pretend to be demons inorder to have their way in life, and also actual demons who take charge of the writer’spen to tell stories related to the destruction of the Polish Jews in the 20th century.Este artigo objetiva delinear algumas das funções que os demônios cumprem nos contos de Isaac Bashevis Singer. Para tanto, pretende-se analisar textos em que o demônio aparece ora como personagem, ora como narrador, em uma tentativa de compreender o que há de propriamente moderno na maneira como Bashevis Singer desenvolve a sua literatura a partir de uma apropriação de temas marcadamente pertencentes ao folclore judaico do leste europeu.  Nos contos de Singer, encontramos desde demônios domésticos, que vivem atrás do fogão ou da lareira, a pregar peças nos moradores de uma determinada residência, a personagens que se fingem de demônio para satisfazer os seus próprios desejos ou, até mesmo, demônios que se apoderam da pena do escritor para contar histórias relativas à destruição, no século XX, da vida dos judeus da Polônia, terra natal de Bashevis Singer.Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais2022-12-30info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/maaravi/article/view/4227910.35699/1982-3053.2022.42279Arquivo Maaravi: Revista Digital de Estudos Judaicos da UFMG; v. 16 n. 31 (2022): Bestiários: os animais, os monstros e os seres imaginários no arquivo judaico; 31-481982-3053reponame:Arquivo Maaravi: Revista Digital de Estudos Judaicos da UFMGinstname:Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)instacron:UFMGporhttps://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/maaravi/article/view/42279/32197Copyright (c) 2022 Arquivo Maaravi: Revista Digital de Estudos Judaicos da UFMGhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAlbuquerque, Juliana de2024-03-02T19:53:50Zoai:periodicos.ufmg.br:article/42279Revistahttp://www.periodicos.letras.ufmg.br/index.php/maaravi/indexPUBhttp://www.periodicos.letras.ufmg.br/index.php/maaravi/oai||lyslei@ufmg.br1982-30531982-3053opendoar:2024-03-02T19:53:50Arquivo Maaravi: Revista Digital de Estudos Judaicos da UFMG - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Many Functions of the Demoniac and the Supernatural in Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Short Stories
As várias funções do demoníaco e do sobrenatural em contos de Isaac Bashevis Singer
title The Many Functions of the Demoniac and the Supernatural in Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Short Stories
spellingShingle The Many Functions of the Demoniac and the Supernatural in Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Short Stories
Albuquerque, Juliana de
Demônios
Religião e folclore judaicos
Literatura ídiche
Demons
Jewish Religion and Folklore
Yiddish Literature
title_short The Many Functions of the Demoniac and the Supernatural in Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Short Stories
title_full The Many Functions of the Demoniac and the Supernatural in Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Short Stories
title_fullStr The Many Functions of the Demoniac and the Supernatural in Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Short Stories
title_full_unstemmed The Many Functions of the Demoniac and the Supernatural in Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Short Stories
title_sort The Many Functions of the Demoniac and the Supernatural in Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Short Stories
author Albuquerque, Juliana de
author_facet Albuquerque, Juliana de
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dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Demônios
Religião e folclore judaicos
Literatura ídiche
Demons
Jewish Religion and Folklore
Yiddish Literature
topic Demônios
Religião e folclore judaicos
Literatura ídiche
Demons
Jewish Religion and Folklore
Yiddish Literature
description This article aims at discussing some of the functions that demons and othersupernatural beings have in the short stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer. It examines textsby Singer in which the demon appears either as a character or as narrator in an attemptto clarify what is precisely modern in Singer’s literary approach to the folklore of theJews from Eastern Europe. In the stories by Singer we find dybbukim, imps anddomestic demons who live behind the stove, people who pretend to be demons inorder to have their way in life, and also actual demons who take charge of the writer’spen to tell stories related to the destruction of the Polish Jews in the 20th century.
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