Współczesne silva rerum – ekologiczne inklinacje J.R.R. Tolkiena jako element dydaktyki polonistycznej
Contemporary silva rerum – Ecological Inclinations of J.R.R. Tolkien as an Element of Polish Language Teaching

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the article is an attempt to read the trilogy “Lord of the Rings” in the context of the idea of the ecological turn using the methodological apparatus of ecocriticism. The author suggests introducing into Polish language lessons motifs related to environmental protection revealed at different levels of a literary work according to Grzegorz Trębicki’s typology: from the ontology and eschatology of the secondary world, through entanglement in myths, topoi and literary tradition, to poetic tropes and character creations. Starting from the concept of a tender narrator (Tokarczuk), he searches primarily for figures of empathy (i.e. prosopopeia, uppersonification). The topics of deforestation and threats arising from the aggressive development of mining are complemented by the proposal of a didactic exercise at the level of secondary school. In reference to avant-garde practices (Queneau), the students are invited to play with the silvity, intertextuality and transmediality of literature – creating a literary collage of “Lord of the Rings” verse fragments, works of Polish poets and mass media texts.

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