More dead or more popular – Anna Przybylska’s death related publications Cover Image

Bardziej martwa czy bardziej znana – teksty prasowe związane ze śmiercią Anny Przybylskiej
More dead or more popular – Anna Przybylska’s death related publications

Author(s): Ivana Dobrotová, Michał Hanczakowski
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: death; media; Anna Przybylska

Summary/Abstract: The article contains analyses of the several press publications that appeared in Polish tabloids after Anna Przybylska’s death in 2014. The analysed material proves that a death of a celebrity holds an importance for media mainly because of her/his previous presence in media and not because of the consolation function of a text itself. Such texts are deeply rooted in a tradition of funeral literature, yet they serve completely different purpose.

  • Issue Year: 15/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 45-57
  • Page Count: 13