Zagadnienie ludzkiego losu wobec archetypu przestrzeni lasu na podstawie powieści Zbigniewa Nienackiego Wielki Las
Human Fate and the Archetype of Forest Space in Zbigniew Nienacki’s The Great Forest                
Author(s): Anna Roter-BourkaneSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: woods; pornography; space; psychology; transformation
Summary/Abstract: The text is a brief analysis of how the forest space is constructed in Zbigniew Nienacki’s novel Wielki las (The Great Forest). It is a story about the lives of the inhabitants of the Masurian region, for whom the forest plays a crucial – almost formative – role. It serves as a space of change, transformation, and the amplification of both the best and worst aspects of their character. Infused with pornographic descriptions of depraved and violent sex, the novel was among the most widely read of its kind in the late 1980s. The article therefore seems to pose the question: what in this text still resonates today, and what might be of interest to the modern reader? The answer lies in the vividly and masterfully portrayed forest.
Journal: Roczniki Kulturoznawcze
- Issue Year: 16/2025
 - Issue No: 3
 - Page Range: 21-36
 - Page Count: 16
 - Language: Polish
 
