Italian literature in Polish schools: Pinocchio forever? Cover Image

La letteratura italiana nelle scuole polacche: Pinocchio forever?
Italian literature in Polish schools: Pinocchio forever?

Author(s): Justyna Łukaszewicz
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: Carlo Collodi; Pinocchio; literature; Italian; Polish; translation

Summary/Abstract: This article presents aspects of the way Pinocchio is known and understood in Poland, based on the availability and use of Italian literature in primary and secondary schools in that country since the Second World War. It focuses on the paratexts and contexts of the last two translations of Collodi’s masterpiece, particularly the translation by Jarosław Mikołajewski with illustrations by Roberto Innocenti, published in 2011.

  • Issue Year: 4/2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 141-158
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Italian