The Idyll of Warmia Seen with a Tourist’s Eye: The Poetics of Popular Guide Books and Blogs Cover Image

Warmińska idylla dla oka turysty. Poetyka popularnych przewodników i blogów
The Idyll of Warmia Seen with a Tourist’s Eye: The Poetics of Popular Guide Books and Blogs

Author(s): Agnieszka Możejko
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Media studies, Geography, Regional studies, Regional Geography, Applied Linguistics, Communication studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: tourism; nature; guide books; blogs; language of advertising

Summary/Abstract: The article offers a comparative analysis of the selected fragments of tourist guides, photographical albums, advertisements and travel blogs about Warmia. The author points out how the language of commercial offers intersects with the accounts of tourist bloggers. The texts present Warmia as a secluded idyll, away from the hectic urban life, where people live in peace with nature.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 113-129
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish