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Episode 17 and all video recordings are available at:
Polish Cultural Institute New York YouTube<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Encounters with Polish Literature<\/strong> is a video series for anyone interested in literature and the culture of books and reading. Each month, host David A. Goldfarb<\/strong> will present a new topic in conversation with an expert on that author or book or movement in Polish literature. More about the Encounters with Polish Literature series<\/a><\/strong> and the timeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, we\u2019ve been looking at Ukrainian writers and literary connections between Ukraine and Poland. This episode was part of our original schedule before war broke out, but the history of Ukraine is so intertwined with Polish history\u2014much of Ukraine having been part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and considering Poland\u2019s shifting Eastern border\u2014that we cannot avoid discussing Ukraine, even when it may not have been our initial objective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) is often thought of as an English writer, because he settled in England and wrote in English, but he was born to the Polish gentry or szlachta<\/em> in territory that had been part of the Russian empire at the time of his birth and is Ukrainian territory today. His father and uncle were on the one hand part of the landed gentry that had once owned largely serfs, but they had a strong, if Romanticized, affinity for Ukrainian culture and a loyalty to their \u201csmall homeland\u201d around Berdychiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this episode we ask why we might want to know about the Polish Conrad, and not just sequester that part of his biography as his forgotten youth. We look at some of Conrad\u2019s Polish works, such as his only work of fiction set in Poland, \u201cPrince Roman,\u201d the story of a Polish castaway in England, \u201cAmy Foster,\u201d and his late memoir, \u201cPoland Revisited,\u201d and we ask what these works reveal about Conrad\u2019s mature works, such as Lord Jim<\/em>, Heart of Darkness<\/em>, and especially Nostromo<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected works by Joseph Conrad: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of the works of Joseph Conrad are in the public domain and are available for free (including most  e-book formats, audiobooks, and translations into languages other than English) from Project Gutenberg<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conrad, Joseph. The Portable Conrad<\/strong><\/a><\/em> (This edition includes \u201cPrince Roman\u201d and \u201cAmy Foster\u201d among other works). Ed. Morton Dauwen Zabel. Rev. by Frederick R. Karl. New York: Penguin, 1976.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

—. Nostromo<\/strong><\/a><\/em>. New York: Penguin Classics, 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected critical and other works referred to in the discussion:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brodsky, G. W. Stephen. Joseph Conrad\u2019s Polish Soul. Realms of Memory and Self<\/em>.<\/strong><\/a> Ed. George Z. Gasyna. Conrad: Eastern and Western Perspectives. Vol. XXV. Ed. Wies\u0142aw Krajka. New York: Columbia University Press, 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

—. \u201cThe Dispossessed: Joseph Conrad as Borderland Writer. From <\/em>Szlachta Culture to the 21st<\/sup> Century: Between East and West. New Essays on Joseph Conrad\u2019s <\/em>Polishness<\/strong><\/a>. Conrad: Eastern and Western Perspectives. Vol. XXII. Ed. Wies\u0142aw Krajka. New York: Columbia University Press, 2013. Pgs. 19-64.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gasyna, George Z. Polish, Hybrid, and Otherwise: Exilic Discourse in Joseph Conrad and Witold Gombrowicz<\/strong><\/a><\/em>. New York: Continuum, 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Najder, Zdzis\u0142aw. Joseph Conrad: A Chronicle<\/strong><\/a><\/em>. Tr. Halina Carroll-Najder. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1984.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Omelan, Lilia. \u201cConrad and Ukraine \u2013 Ukraine and Conrad.<\/strong><\/a>\u201d From <\/em>Szlachta Culture to the 21st<\/sup> Century: Between East and West. New Essays on Joseph Conrad\u2019s <\/em>Polishness. Conrad: Eastern and Western Perspectives. Vol. XXII. Ed. Wies\u0142aw Krajka. New York: Columbia University Press, 2013. Pgs. 379-405.<\/p>\n\n\n

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George Z. Gasyna<\/strong> was born in \u0141\u00f3d\u017a, Poland, and emigrated with his family to Canada at the age of 11. He holds two degrees in Slavic Studies from McGill University in Montreal, and a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Toronto. He is currently Associate Professor of Slavic Languages & Literatures and Comparative & World Literature at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, where he also holds faculty appointments in the Program in Jewish Culture and Society and the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory. Prof. Gasyna is author of Polish, Hybrid, and Otherwise: Exilic Discourse in Joseph Conrad and Witold Gombrowicz <\/em>(London and New York: Continuum, 2011), and editor for the volume Joseph Conrad\u2019s Polish Soul: Realms of Memory and Self <\/em>(Lublin and New York: Columbia University Press, 2016). He wrote the introduction to Marek H\u0142asko\u2019s 1964 novel, All Backs Were Turned<\/em>, tr. Tomasz Mirkowicz (New York: New Vessel Press, 2014).  His articles have appeared in a number of journals including Slavic Review<\/em>, Canadian Slavonic Papers<\/em>, Polish Review<\/em>, and Russian Literature<\/em>. He is presently completing a book treating 20th and 21st century Polish provincial and borderland fiction. For 2020-2025, he has been appointed Arlys Conrad Humanities Professional Scholar in the College of Liberal Arts and Science at his university, an award that recognizes promising mid-career researchers in the humanities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bartek Remisko, Executive Producer<\/em>
David A. Goldfarb, Host & Producer <\/em>
Natalia Iyudin, Producer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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We look at some of Conrad\u2019s Polish works, such as his only work of fiction set in Poland, \u201cPrince Roman,\u201d the story of a Polish castaway in England, \u201cAmy Foster,\u201d and his late memoir, \u201cPoland Revisited,\u201d and we ask what these works reveal about Conrad\u2019s mature works, such as Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness, and especially Nostromo.\nSelected works by Joseph Conrad: \nMost of the works of Joseph Conrad are in the public domain and are available for free (including most e-book formats, audiobooks, and translations into languages other than English) from Project Gutenberg\nConrad, Joseph. The Portable Conrad (This edition includes \u201cPrince Roman\u201d and \u201cAmy Foster\u201d among other works). Ed. Morton Dauwen Zabel. Rev. by Frederick R. Karl. New York: Penguin, 1976.\n---. Nostromo. New York: Penguin Classics, 2007.\nSelected critical and other works referred to in the discussion:\nBrodsky, G. W. Stephen. Joseph Conrad\u2019s Polish Soul. Realms of Memory and Self. Ed. George Z. Gasyna. Conrad: Eastern and Western Perspectives. Vol. XXV. Ed. Wies\u0142aw Krajka. New York: Columbia University Press, 2016.\n---. \u201cThe Dispossessed: Joseph Conrad as Borderland Writer. From Szlachta Culture to the 21st Century: Between East and West. New Essays on Joseph Conrad\u2019s Polishness. Conrad: Eastern and Western Perspectives. Vol. XXII. Ed. Wies\u0142aw Krajka. New York: Columbia University Press, 2013. Pgs. 19-64.\nGasyna, George Z. Polish, Hybrid, and Otherwise: Exilic Discourse in Joseph Conrad and Witold Gombrowicz. New York: Continuum, 2011.\nNajder, Zdzis\u0142aw. Joseph Conrad: A Chronicle. Tr. Halina Carroll-Najder. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1984.\nOmelan, Lilia. \u201cConrad and Ukraine \u2013 Ukraine and Conrad.\u201d From Szlachta Culture to the 21st Century: Between East and West. New Essays on Joseph Conrad\u2019s Polishness. Conrad: Eastern and Western Perspectives. Vol. XXII. Ed. Wies\u0142aw Krajka. New York: Columbia University Press, 2013. Pgs. 379-405.\nGeorge Z. Gasyna was born in \u0141\u00f3d\u017a, Poland, and emigrated with his family to Canada at the age of 11. He holds two degrees in Slavic Studies from McGill University in Montreal, and a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Toronto. He is currently Associate Professor of Slavic Languages & Literatures and Comparative & World Literature at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, where he also holds faculty appointments in the Program in Jewish Culture and Society and the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory. Prof. Gasyna is author of Polish, Hybrid, and Otherwise: Exilic Discourse in Joseph Conrad and Witold Gombrowicz (London and New York: Continuum, 2011), and editor for the volume Joseph Conrad\u2019s Polish Soul: Realms of Memory and Self (Lublin and New York: Columbia University Press, 2016). He wrote the introduction to Marek H\u0142asko\u2019s 1964 novel, All Backs Were Turned, tr. Tomasz Mirkowicz (New York: New Vessel Press, 2014). His articles have appeared in a number of journals including Slavic Review, Canadian Slavonic Papers, Polish Review, and Russian Literature. He is presently completing a book treating 20th and 21st century Polish provincial and borderland fiction. For 2020-2025, he has been appointed Arlys Conrad Humanities Professional Scholar in the College of Liberal Arts and Science at his university, an award that recognizes promising mid-career researchers in the humanities.\nBartek Remisko, Executive ProducerDavid A. 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