Książki questingowe Beaty Sarnowskiej jako narzędzie kształtowania dziecięcej wiedzy o dziedzictwie kulturowym
Beata Sarnowska’s Questing Books as the Source of Children’s Knowledge of Cultural Heritage

Summary/Abstract: In recent years, questing is getting more and more popular in Poland. It is a variant of the urban game as a form of cultural tourism. The subject of the considerations presented in this article includes children’s books written by Beata Sarnowska from the series “Miejskie Tajemnice” (Urban Mysteries), which are referred to as questing literature – a term that has not yet been reinforced in literary studies. We conducted our research in order to determine whether it is possible to transpose questing into a literary form, and whether this procedure succeeded in the case of Sarnowska’s books. To answer these questions, a formal, stylistic and content analysis of the works was carried out based on the features of questing that were defined in literature of the subject. The analyses showed that the content of the books in question reflects the most important feature of questing, which is the popularization of knowledge about cultural heritage in the framework of an urban game. The compatibility of the analysed items with traditional questing on the formal and stylistic level was also noted. Sarnowska’s works show children cultural heritage as a value, in a form that is a combination of their preferred form of entertainment (a game) and a classic book, further sustaining their interest in literature.

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