СУСПІЛЬНО-ПОЛІТИЧНА ПРОБЛЕМАТИКА ДЕТЕКТИВНОЇ ТРИЛОГІЇ ЗИГМУНТА МІЛОШЕВСЬКОГО

Abstract

The problems presented in the detective trilogy of Zygmunt Miłoszewski do not lose their relevance because there are connected with the past and the social life of the country. The author immerses the reader in historical plots in order to show social occurrence more fully. In “Entanglement” the leitmotif is the activities of the Security Service of the People’s Republic of Poland and the consequences of the existence and disintegration of this structure. “Grain of Truth” addresses the problem of anti-Semitism in Poland. In order to explain the genesis of this phenomenon, the author touches on the issue of common Polish-Jewish history. The third part, titled as “Rage” addresses a problem that has begun to be recognized and discussed recently, namely domestic violence. It was established that the detective touches on many aspects of this phenomenon, namely describing all types of domestic violence, namely psychological, economic, sexual and physical, showing its negative impact on children, as well as the problems the victim faces in society. The socio-political background of Zygmunt Miłoszewski’s trilogy is diverse and vivid. Detective intrigue does not dominate, but it allows to fully discuss a certain social problem, to look at it from a new, still unpopular point of view and to form the reader’s own opinion on the subject. The modern literary process is not characterized by genre purity, so the detective stories of the trilogy by Z. Miloszewski combine features of several subgenres, as well as other literary genres. The focus on the protagonist’s inner world and the psychological motives behind all the murders indicates a psychological detective story. The use of the motif of a crime that took place in the past and requires investigation in the present indicates that the trilogy belongs to historical detective fiction. «Entanglement» uses the motif of a closed space, supposedly as in a classic detective story, but the main rule was broken, as the killer entered from the outside. «Grain of Truth» with its constant plot tension and the only action scene in the entire trilogy, can be considered a thriller. “Rage” on the other hand, which pays great attention to the protagonist’s daily and personal life, contains elements of a novel of manners. In the context of this genre diversity, the social problems of contemporary Poland are shown comprehensively, realistically and with great artistic aesthetics. The problems signaled in the novels require further research in the future.