Tradition – Close or Already Distant? Wit Szostak’s Entanglement with Ceremonial Cover Image
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Tradycja bliska czy już daleka? Wita Szostaka uwikłanie w obrzędowość (Chochoły)
Tradition – Close or Already Distant? Wit Szostak’s Entanglement with Ceremonial

Author(s): Monika Válková Maciejewska
Subject(s): Polish Literature, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Polish culture; teaching Polish as a foreign language; tradition
Summary/Abstract: The article addresses the issues of Poles’ cultural identity and raises questions about the need to pass it on to foreigners. It outlines the issue of cultural identification and juxtaposes it with the literary narrative of Chochoły by Wit Szostak – a description of Polish Christmas Eve traditions. It places the chosen fragment of this novel in the context of teaching Polish as a foreign language.

  • Page Range: 111-119
  • Page Count: 9
  • Publication Year: 2020
  • Language: Polish