Recepcja krytyczna Obywateli i Matki Królów Kazimierza Brandysa

Abstract

Kazimierz Brandys’s literary output was widely commented on by critics during the communist period in Poland. The amplitudę among critical voices was considerable. Brandys’s novel Obywatele attracted particular attention of contemporary literary criticism for two reasons. Firstly, Polish literaturę of that period could boast of a piece of work partially departing from the pattem of plain production novel, at least apparently. It was Brandys who was praised for that achievement. However, praise hymns were hastily cancelled when Poland was flooded with October Thaw. Mother of Kings, on the other hand, as a work criticising the communist procedures, immediately faced the accusation of opportunist practices of the writer, who used to be so cherished by the same authorities. Both cases constitute an interesting example, and seem to illustrate the course of mutual dependencies within the writer - literary criticism - authorities relationship.