Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis. Studia Historicolitteraria
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Battle of Brenna or battle of old Bottocks? War and battle names in Polish fantasy novels Proper names are a very important element of language in every literary work, especially in fantasy novels. They compose a map of reality unknown to the reader but they also tell the story of imagined world. Chrononyms are an example of proper names which appear in fantasy novels. They are names of historical...
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Lexemes "war", "battle" and their use in the modern russian language The notion of “war” plays a crucial role in Russian linguistic worldview. On the basis of the material analyzed, one can observe that the concept of “war” represents a complex mental product which is reflected in various types of linguistic units. The purpose of cognitive interpretation of “war” is presenting...
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The theme of love and its function in creation oneiric portrayal of occupation in K. K. Baczyński's and T. Borowski's works The aim of the article is to show, by collating, that in particular works of Tadeusz Borowski and Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński appears coterminous depiction of the occupation world. Love in both authors’ works creates oneiric reality in which the cruelty is relegate to a secondary...
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Days of Choice. About Morfina (Morphine) by Szczepan Twardoch The purpose of this article is to show the way of presenting the national identity issues, which are present in the Morphine by Szczepan Twardoch. The unclear situation of main character is a starting point of my reflections. He is situated between Polishness and Germanness, femininity and masculinity, being active and being passive. In...
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Is war suitable for children? Images of war in children’s literature I drew on poetics of space by Gaston Bachelard to describe the reality of war from a child’s perspective. War stories for children were depicted in following books: Zaklęcie na “w” (The w-word spell) by Michał Rusinek, Asiunia by Joanna Papuzińska, Czy wojna jest dla dziewczyn? (Is war suitable for girls?) by Paweł Beręsewicz and...
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Universal space of war in Oleg Yermakov's Sign of the beast In his clearly pacifistic and anti-war book, a contemporary Russian writer Oleg Yermakov projects such an image of war which at a mythological level could be compared to the vision of hell. The main topic of the book is signalled through its title and motto, taken from the Book of Revelation (14:11): “And the smoke of their torment will rise...
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Why does war have nothing from a woman? World War II protagonists in the reportage of Swietłana Aleksijewicz. Mental map The aim of this project is to outline the creativity of Swietlana Aleksijewicz. Her reportage depicts women who participated in World War II in the ranks of the Red Army. Moreover, a picture of the war from the perspective of women's experience will be presented. It will allow forming...
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Saving Private Ryan. War and (vs) memory The analysis is concerned with the relations between representation of war in American cinema and its cultural memory based on Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan (USA 1998). Based on concepts such as cultural memory, postmemory, representation and realism, multiple aspects of a film work were analyzed: the plot, image, sound, and John Williams' musical...
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Black humor in Władysław Szlengel works, with particular focus on Mała stacja Treblinki (A small station called Treblinki) Władysław Szlengel (1914–1943), was a Jewish poet writing in Polish. His works are the best example of the use of black humor in Polish poetry of World War II. War caused him to change his worldview, which is reflected in the change of humor in his works. The shift was so powerful...
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Interpreting the presence and absence of history in artistic visual projects In the article I analyze selected artistic projects presented at international art exhibitions - 55. The Biennial of Art in Venice (2013) and Documenta (13) in Kassel (2012). What binds the projects is the historical connotation which becomes a pre-text for artistic creation. The artists were inspired by unwritten events,...
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Warsaw Uprising and Durchgangslager 121 in Pruszków as seen by deported citizens. Individual experiences vs contemporary public history Warsaw Uprising 70th anniversary is a time to remember that the events which took place in 1944 should be considered in full context, without skipping any aspects. So far forgotten were the civilians of the Warsaw uprising and what happened to them; however their...
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Polish comic books from the Polish People’s Republic period After years of fighting with comics book the authorities of the Polish People’s Repulic started using it for its own objectives. Propaganda was the basic target of the comic book narration and interference in history was the main element of it. In my publication I will present images of war created by authorities in the main comic books from...
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War described by Ernst Jünger World War I (1914–1918) was one of two wars in Europe which Germany sought. One of the participants of the war was a German soldier and writer Ernst Jünger, who described his experiences in Storm of Steel (In Stahlgewittern). His diaries are a valuable source of knowledge of the Great War. Sincere confessions of a German soldier who during the war was promoted through...
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Neel Doff (1858–1940) is an extraordinary person in the history of Belgium literature. Extreme poverty and humiliation she had experienced in her early days are the main topic of her work. However, she does not document her life. It is more akin to a literary testimony of a growing self-consciousness, through which a social and cultural advancement of both the author and her character was made possible...
