Tracking Urban Legends:
A Conversation between Dionizjusz Czubala
and Piotr Grochowski Cover Image

Na tropach legend miejskich. Z Dionizjuszem Czubalą rozmawia Piotr Grochowski
Tracking Urban Legends: A Conversation between Dionizjusz Czubala and Piotr Grochowski

Author(s): Piotr Grochowski, Dionizjusz Czubala
Subject(s): Polish Literature
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze
Keywords: contemporary folklore; urban legends; field work;

Summary/Abstract: Dionizjusz Czubala is one of the most important contemporary Polish folklorists; his research pertains to the occupational folklore of potters and various forms of oral narratives. Among his works of particular value are his field studies concern- ing urban legends conducted in Poland, Russia, Ukraine and Mongolia, reports from which were published in the “FOAFtale News” bulletin, and research on memoirs connected with the Holocaust, published in the book O tym nie wolno mówić... Zagłada Żydów w opowieściach wspomnieniowych ze zbiorów Dionizjusza Czubali, 2019 (We Are Not Allowed to Speak about It... The Extermination of the Jews in Memoirs from the Collection of Dionizjusz Czubala). He is the author of numerous monographs and collections of folklorist texts, including: Folklor garn- carzy polskich, 1978 (The Folklore of Polish Potters); Podania i opowieści z Zagłębia Dąbrowskiego. Sto lat temu i dzisiaj, 1984 (Legends and Stories from the Dąbrowa Basin. A Hundred Years Ago and Today); Opowieści z życia. Z badań nad folklorem współczesnym, 1985 (Stories from Life. From Research on Contemporary Folklore); Nasze mity współczesne, 1996 (Our Contemporary Myths); Polskie legendy miejskie. Studium i materiały, 2014 (Polish Urban Legends. Study and Materials).

  • Issue Year: 66/2022
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 111-121
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish