Transfery w teatrze glottodydaktycznym – glosa o „Ferdydurke” i pacynkach
Transfers in Glottodidactic Theatre: A Gloss on „Ferdydurke” and Puppets

Summary/Abstract: The metaphor of the world as theatre (theatrum mundi) shows the primordiality of theatrical activities in human life, which is reflected in language. Among other things, the text refers to the instruments of cultural linguistics. Literature and art can be a source of knowledge and understanding of Polish culture for a foreigner. In Ferdydurke, Witold Gombrowicz refers to Polish culturemes as well as creating new ones. Glottodidactic theatre brings a variety of linguistic, cultural and personal benefits. In glottodidactics, transfer is an activity that serves to transfer linguistic and cultural capital from one cultural text to another. This happens, for example, when adapting for foreigners an excerpt from Ferdydurke to be staged as a puppet theatre. The author adapted Gombrowicz’s Polish language lesson scene, which depicts the anachronism and schematic nature of school education in a grotesque way. The adaptation consisted of shortening the text of the original, then adding supplements and making changes (e.g. a clear division of the text into main and side texts or feminisation of the characters). Glottodidactic adaptation is a form of upcycling, it is an activity that is not only about assimilating non-native culture more fully, but also about reflecting on one’s own culture and searching for one’s third place.

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