Monika Sznajderman’s Pepper Counterfeitersin the role of supplementary reading – a bit more of the truth about the 20th century Cover Image

Fałszerze pieprzu Moniki Sznajderman w roli lektury uzupełniającej, czyli jeszcze jedna odsłona prawdy o XX wieku
Monika Sznajderman’s Pepper Counterfeitersin the role of supplementary reading – a bit more of the truth about the 20th century

Author(s): Agnieszka Kania
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Education, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: memory; identity; Polish language education; Polish-Jewish relationships; Holocaust; critical thinking

Summary/Abstract: Knowledge about Polish-Jewish relations, especially during World War II and the Holocaust, is still insufficient in Polish society and is burdened with many stereotypes. Polish language education in its compulsory dimension does not allow to take up this difficult topic, so in secondary school it is worth to discuss Monika Sznajderman’s Fałszerze pieprzu. Historia rodzinna as supplementary book about memory and identity. Its overview should be carefully prepared and the students should be prepared for reception. The method suggested in the proposed didactic activities is primarily critical thinking. Thus interpreted, the literary work gives young people a chance to distance themselves from national myths about Polish-Jewish relations and to prepare them for conscious participation in social and cultural life.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 173-186
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish