The story of some German Cover Image

Historia pewnego Niemca
The story of some German

Author(s): Barbara Marciniak-Jędrzejczak
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: national stereotypes – Chwin – motif of 'a stranger' – images of cultures

Summary/Abstract: The article represents the discourse dedicated to national stereotypes. The author analyzes the stereotype of a German in Polish culture and the stereotype of a Pole in German culture. She presents the forming of such mutual images of a stranger in history. She analyzes also some chosen texts by Stefan Chwin: they represent both stereotypical perceptions of analyzed nations as well as attempts to break the stereotypes. The article traces the ways of deconstructing mutual stereotypes.

  • Issue Year: 2/2008
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 139-148
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish
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