Literackie obrazy antropocenu jako wezwanie do ratowania świata przez dziecko
Literary Images of the Anthropocene as a Call for a Child to Save the World

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns the issues of contemporary children’s literature in the context of the images of the Anthropocene and ecological phenomena it contains. The author emphasized the need to include children as a community cooperating with adults in designing a vision of the future of the world. The text draws attention to the ecological dimension of Maria Terlikowska’s story entitled Drzewo do samego nieba (1975) and the anthropocentric attitude to the surroundings on the example of the interpretation of Jan Bliźniak’s novel entitled Śrubek i tajemnice Maszynerii (2022). By juxtaposing these two literary works, the author presents the situation of children’s literature recipients living in the second half of the 20th century and in the 2020s as those who have a chance to create a society that cares about the future of the globe. She emphasizes the importance of people noticing human relationships with other (non-human) beings, and builds a reflection on the role of literaturę in shaping the worldviews of its young readers. The author underlines an optimistic tone of literary texts addressed to children, and indicates the area of children’s literature as an important place for creating a constructive dialogue between the world of adults, children and the components of nature.

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