The Motif of Loneliness in the Contemporary Children-Adolescent Literature Devoted to Labor Migration Cover Image

Motyw samotności we współczesnej literaturze dziecięco-młodzieżowej poświęconej migracjom zarobkowym
The Motif of Loneliness in the Contemporary Children-Adolescent Literature Devoted to Labor Migration

Author(s): Justyna Zając
Subject(s): Polish Literature, Migration Studies, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: loneliness; labor migration; transnational family; literature;

Summary/Abstract: Books that focus on the topics of the consequences of Polish people’s labor migration introduce young readers to the issues related to the functioning of transnational families and present pictures of migration seen from the children’s perspective. This article analyses selected literary narrations for children and adolescents. The analysis shows the unsettled and broken relations of parents with their offspring, and how harmful this loneliness may be to the youngest.

  • Issue Year: 8/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 277-293
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish