„Próżność matczyna i miłość matczyna – jedność”. Obraz relacji rodzinnych w Matce Ignacego Maciejowskiego-Sewera
„Unity of maternal vanity and maternal love”. Linguistic representation of family relationships in Matka [Mother] by Ignacy Maciejowski (Sewer)

Summary/Abstract: In his novel Matka [Mother], Ignacy Maciejowski creates an image of a traditionalPolish family – Magda and Szymon Porębski and their three children: a daughter,Marysia, and two sons, Władek and Antek. The children have a healthy relationshipwith each other, which is reflected, above all, by mutual caring, support, and compassion.The family relation-ships depicted by the author are not only positive, traditional,appropriate and correct, but also stereotypical. The family ties are nurtured andstrengthened at home, which brings together all generations, promotes tradition, soothesa savage breast, and is the centre of a small 19th-century peasant community like thePorębskis. The image of family relationships depicted in the novel Matka [Mother]by Ignacy Maciejowski represents one Polish proverb: Bez rodziny, ni domu niepotrzebnyśnikomu [Without your family or home, you are nobody].

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