Ocalająca moc literatury i sztuki – analiza powieści Jak ziarnka piasku Joanny Jagiełło w świetle biblioterapii i arteterapii
A Rescuing Power of Literature and Art – Analysis of the Novel Jak ziarnka piasku by Joanna Jagiełło in the Light of Bibliotherapy and Art Therapy

Summary/Abstract: This article is devoted to the bibliotherapeutic analysis of the novel Jak ziarnka piasku [Like Grains of Sand] by Joanna Jagiełło (2018). The reflections made in the article are accompanied by theoretical assumptions of Irena Borecka and Da­nuta Gostyńska, and an actualisation of the term ‘Nobody Generation,’ proposed by Grzegorz Leszczyński in reference to the generation of the end of the 20th cen­tury. The author of the paper demonstrates that reading the book might be helpful for a teenager who experienced the death of a loved one – it allows the reader to empathise with the story’s narrator (who is also its protagonist) and offers ways to deal with tough situations. The author also points out that the book deals with the therapeutic role of art – she carries out the analysis based on Ewelina J. Konieczna’s assumptions about art therapy – and shows how important it is to get used to death and to breake the death taboo through young adult literature.

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