What is the difference between Babcocha and the witch of children’s imaginations? Cover Image

Co różni Babcochę od czarownicy z wyobrażeń dzieci?
What is the difference between Babcocha and the witch of children’s imaginations?

Author(s): Bernadeta Niesporek-Szamburska
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Customs / Folklore, Geography, Regional studies, Visual Arts, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Sociology, Comparative Linguistics, Cognitive linguistics, Polish Literature, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, School education, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Justyna Bednarek; Daniel de Latour; Babcocha; witch; stereotype; children’s linguistic image of the world

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the linguistic and cultural image of the heroine of Justyna Bednarek’s novel entitled Babcocha. The story’s heroine was compared to the stereotype of a witch, which was recreated from children’s conceptualizations (of children in younger schoolage). The comparison of the two images indicates a significant modification of the image created by Justyna Bednarek and these aspects of the protagonist and the world represented, which may encourage the child to read the text.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 1-10
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish