„SĂ NU UCIZI”: ÎNCĂLCAREA INTERDICȚIEI/ PORUNCII ȘI CONSECINȚELE EI (REFLECȚII DESPRE ROMANUL „DRAMA CASEI TIMOTEU”DE MIRCEA STREINUL)

Author(s): Olesea Gîrlea / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 2/2020

The article proposes a conceptual retrospective of the term shadow in psychoanalysis, defining the fable of the novel that follows the biblical prescription of the supreme sin of «don’t kill» and the conflicting experiences of the characters. In this article we explore the tellurium imaginary in the novel Drama of the house of Timoteu by Mircea Streinu, the multifaceted evil, the diabolical characteristics of the characters and the description of nature innegativeterms.Byemphasizing“donotkill”wetrytoprovethatkillingis the most abominable fact, which demonstrates man’s lack of humanity.

„Słowo na »ży« usłyszałam po raz pierwszy w naszym starym przedszkolu koło placu Unii Lubelskiej”

Author(s): Natalia Żórawska-Janik / Language(s): Polish Publication Year: 0

„Słowo, które trafia do mediów, ma niezwykłą moc w dziele ewangelizacji” – prezentacja wybranych tytułów rosyjskiej prasy religijnej

Author(s): Dorota Pazio-Wlazłowska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2012

This paper presents the structure of the Russian religious press, placingit on the media market. The author, referring to the relevant literature, dividesreligious publications according to the three main criteria: (1) the holder (i.e. thepublications produced by the Moscow Patriarchate, dioceses, congregations,churches and parishes, as well as seminaries and academies); (2) the level ofreligious engagement of the target audience (i.e. the periodicals addressed eitherto believers and active participants of religious life, or, on the contrary, the onessearching for a religion and full of religious doubt); and (3) the age and familystatus of the target audience (i.e. family journals, children’s and youth journals,and publications for students). The present article in detail discusses the selectedpublications representing each of the three groups.

„Stockholm noir“: odvrátená tvár švédčiny. Jazyk ako teritoriálny a sociálny ukazovateľ v románe Jensa Lapidusa „Snabba cash“

Author(s): Katarína Motyková / Language(s): Slovak Issue: 2/2020

The study deals with one of the most renowned works of contemporary Swedish crime fiction, the 2006 thriller Snabba cash (Easy Money) by Jens Lapidus, a part of the so-called Stockholm noir trilogy. By means of linguistic analysis of the novel, the article presents the work’s linguistic inventiveness, in which the language of the Stockholm suburbs is confronted with foreign expressions, the slang used by criminals and gangsters, as well as the language of higher social classes, i.e. the sociolect of the better-off neighborhoods of Stockholm. The characters’ discourse is a significant indicator of their belonging to a certain social stratum and manifests not only the social status but also the social exclusion.

„Stopy szukają w trawie – jest ziemia”. Ziemia w twórczości poetyckiej Karola Wojtyły – Jana Pawła II

Author(s): Mirosława Ołdakowska-Kuflowa / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1S/2020

This article deals with the widely understood motif of “earth” and its polysemy in the poetic works of Karol Wojtyła / John Paul II. The method of literary analysis and interpretation has allowed for the discerning of a semantic field and to demonstrate the function of the motif of “earth” in the author’s outlook on material reality, his attitude towards the fertility of the soil, nature, fatherland, the Earth, the cosmos and, finally, spiritual reality, combined, in man, with material reality in a particular way, through the Incarnation and Redemption. The analysis of the individual poetic style, especially the method of evoking landscapes, has proved to be a particularly useful interpretational tool, and helps distinguish Karol Wojtyła from his predecessors, interwar poets, and contemporaries – the young poets of the war generation.

„Strasznie lubię cię, piosenko”. Szkice o tekstach Wojciecha Młynarskiego. Tom jubileuszowy dedykowany Profesor Barbarze Kudrze

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish

The volume comprises texts analysing the oeuvre of one of the greatest Polish song poets, Wojciech Młynarski. Although the majority of the 22 papers are scientific reviews, there are also some popular science texts. The monograph consists of an introduction, the profile of Professor Barbara Kudra, the bibliography of her works. The five chapters dedicated to the work of Wojciech Młynarski comprise diverse texts written from the perspective of language, literature and cultural studies.

„Studii și cercetări de onomastică și lexicologie” (SCOL), Anul X, Nr. 1–2, 2017, 334 p.

Author(s): Daniela-Ştefania Butnaru / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 8/2018

„Studii și cercetări de onomastică și lexicologie” (SCOL), Anul X, Nr. 1–2, 2017, 334 p.

Author(s): Daniela-Ştefania Butnaru / Language(s): English Issue: 8/2018

„Swój urząd czynić”. Profil obywatelski twórczości Jana Kochanowskiego

Author(s): Krystyna Płachcińska / Language(s): Polish

Throughout his whole writing career, Jan Kochanowski continuously addressed the issue of citizenship, applying various literary genres and expressing his beliefs in both Polish and Latin. The issue was rooted in the ideological foundation constituting the constans within his views: on the value of virtue, moderation and serving one’s country, and thus, it was deeply embedded in axiology and ethics. Paradoxically, however, it was conducted simultaneously to his intense economic operations, which turned the indigent heir to half of Czarnolas into a wealthy man, at the end of his days. Kochanowski’s civic-oriented works stretch between the tools of lyrics and rhetoric, and yet any action taken for the benefit of public welfare requires concrete solutions and a properly channelled driving force. In such cases, the main role of literature is not to express the author’s feelings, but to inculcate beliefs and emotions in his audience. And the quality of any given civic-oriented literary work is measured by its effectiveness. This also begs the question about the subjectively and objectively comprehended validity of the propagated opinions. Firstly, did the poet perceive as congruent with actual public interest (which was always explicitly declared) the resulting actions which any given work provoked? Secondly, was this perception sound? Thus, we inquire about effectiveness (here, tantamount to beauty), about persuasive integrity, and finally, about the author’s wisdom. This is the specific look at Jan of Czarnolas that the book offers.

„Sytuacja” Norwida − „sytuacja” Baudelaire’a

Author(s): Magdalena Siwiec / Language(s): Polish Issue: 11 (14)/2021

Norwid and Baudelaire, born in the same year (1821), unconsciously put themselves in a specific position which Paul Valéry described as a ‘situation’. Its fundamental basis is poets’ determination to define themselves against their great Romantic predecessors, stand out and finally, to release themselves from the constraints of the Romantic influence. The position the two poets find themselves in defines their attitude to Romanticism which is based on carrying on and breaking up with the Romantic tradition and this, on the other hand, makes a time mark even more difficult to establish. Their position is presented in the context of contemporary categories such as Romanticism, 19th-century culture model, generation, modernity, and crisis. Such perspective makes it possible to recognise a shared sense of unity in Norwid and Baudelaire’s literary outputs as well as in their reception styles despite the fact the poets are essentially beyond any comparison.

„Szczere słowo o sobie”. Twórczość Waldemara Bawołka w świetle tradycji cynickiej

Author(s): Jacek Bielawa / Language(s): Polish Issue: 46/2020

The article is an attempt to read the works of Waldemar Bawołek in the light of the cynic matrix of an other life, as interpreted in the texts of Michel Foucault and Peter Sloterdijk. The work of Bawołek is treated as an existential project in line with the cynic tradition of spiritual exercises, in which the key role is played by the ideal of honesty and the principles of shamelessness, poverty, vigilance and sovereignty that serve its implementation. In Foucault’s thought, this tradition was presented as a kind of wandering idea whose separate forms are, among others, Christian ascetic patterns, the Nietzschean concept of the superman, or the modernist paradigm of authenticity. The category of the subject’s sincerity in Bawołek’s work is presented with reference to the theoretical model of the sylleptic self, which in the final part of the article is confronted with the main features of the New Sincerity literary trend.

„Szloma Korkociąg przed sądem”, czyli humor na łamach tygodnika „Pod Pręgierz”

Author(s): Milena Wojtyńska-Nowotka / Language(s): Polish Issue: 25/2021

The subject of the article is a series of humorous works “Szloma Korkociąg przed sądem”, which was published in the anti-Semitic weekly “Pod Pręgierz”. The author focuses on describing the linguistic comedy, the means of which was the stylization of the Polish language for Jews. She also draws attention to situational comedy. The results of the analysis showed that contrast was the essence of the comedy in the pages of selected works. It reflected the dichotomous vision of the world presented by the sender and recipient of the texts; a world in which Poles of Jewish origin were negatively evaluated. The presented comic texts, by spreading anti-Semitism, and harming representatives of the ethnic minority, are part of the phenomenon of linguistic aggression.

„Ta wojna trwa permanentnie, ona się nigdy nie kończy”… O ‘Wszystkich wojnach świata’ Tomasza Szerszenia

Author(s): Wiesław Szpilka,Tomasz Szerszeń,Zbigniew Benedyktowicz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 4/2021

A block of discussions on Tomasz Szerszeń’s book Wszystkie wojny świata (słowo/obraz terytoria – Instytut Sztuki PAN 2021). How is one to decipher from today’s perspective the recurring images of catastrophes or traces of historical events observed from a distance? Can the ancient skill of “spodomancy” be of use in this attempt at archaeology of contemporaneity? From Hiroshima and Chernobyl, the Near East and Algeria, Auschwitz and Fukushima, all the way to the 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris and other contemporary conflicts and crises the author creates a by definition incomplete planetary cartography of destruction: he takes a closer look at photographs and texts concerning vestiges of catastrophes and wars seen from afar, and follows their tracks so as to attempt to decolonise their images and latent impact upon us. Wszystkie wojny świata is a multitiered lavishly illustrated essay situated on the crossroads of anthropology, literature, and reflections on photography. At the same time, it is the outcome of years-long studies, a register of travels, and an attempt at regaining certain childhood images in order to better understand oneself and one’s place in relation to history.

„Taki to mistrz...”. Norwid w późnej liryce Tadeusza Różewicza

Author(s): Grażyna Halkiewicz-Sojak / Language(s): Polish Issue: 39S/2021

At the beginning of the 1990s,Tadeusz Różewicz prepared his own selection of poems by Norwid. Although this personal anthology was never published, a trace of it lingers in the form of the essay “To, co zostało z nienapisanej książki o Norwidzie” [What remains of the book on Norwid I never wrote], and more deeply – in the shape of numerous references to Norwid’s poetry and biography in Różewicz’s lyricism from the last quarter of his literary career. This article attempts to reconstruct Różewicz’s dialogue with his nineteenth-century precursor, which he initiatedlate in his life. Analysis incorporates several aspects of Harold Bloom’s theory of literary influence,indicating shared elements and polemical issues. Interpretations revolve primarily around works from those poetry books by Różewicz that contain particularly clear references to Norwid: Płaskorzeźba, Szara strefa, Nożyk profesora, Zawsze fragment. Recykling, and Wyjście. Conclusions drawn from a number of detailed, comparatist readings make it possible to establish thematic similarities (e.g. existential lack and incompleteness affecting both the lyrical subject and the poems’ protagonists, a predilection for developing figures who are misunderstood, inconspicuous, and hollowed out, etc.) andformal preferences (e.g. the use of ellipsis,terse and precise imagery, and consideration for the poem’s visual dimension). However, Różewicz also identifies in Norwid’s poetry certain things that repel him, e.g. lofty poetics, self-restraint with regard to sensuality, and the tendency to obscure the literal character of evil with symbolic images.

„Tam zaczyna się mój świat” – Hans Christian Andersen wobec ojczyzny na przykładzie wybranych utworów pisarza z gatunku tzw. pieśni o ojczyźnie (fœdrelandssang)

Author(s): Aldona Zańko / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2/2018

This article discusses the patriotic themes in the works of the Danish writer HansChristian Andersen. These considerations are based on selected “songs about the fatherland”written by the author discussed in the perspective of the program of the Danish nationalRomantic era. Based on the analytical material, the author carries out the reconstruction ofAndersen’s vision of the fatherland, pointing to its multidimensionality dictated by thehistorical and literary context. Focusing on lyric poetry, the article also contributes to thebroadening of Andersen’s reception in Poland to include the genres marginalized so far,giving a more complete picture of the fairy tale writer’s works.

„Ten biedny Itek! Taki zblazowany! Pozuje!” Gombrowicz jako pozer

Author(s): Ewa Kobyłecka-Piwońska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 6/2020

Kobyłecka-Piwońska discusses Argentinian interpretations of Gombrowicz’s work that refer to notions of posing. She begins by outlining the history of simulation as an illness and as a strategy of assimilation applied by immigrants in Argentina. Next she analyses passages in the Diary, using the notion of the pose as an attitude to life and as a narrative strategy. The article concludes with an analysis of Gombrowicz’s Wędrówki po Argentynie[Travels in Argentina], where both Polish and Argentine nationality, presented throughthe lens of exotism, appear as a pose.

„Teppiche sind aus Geschichten gewoben“. Problematisierungen generationalen Erzählens in NINO HARATISCHWILIS Das achte Leben (Für Brilka) und JETTE STECKELS Inszenierung am Thalia Theater Hamburg

Author(s): Felix Lempp / Language(s): German Issue: 1/2020

In NINO HARATISCHWILI’S Das achte Leben (Für Brilka) the novel’s narrator, Niza, unsuccessfully attempts to relate Georgia’s Soviet history and her family’s history between 1900 and 2006. The paper argues that the deficits in Niza’s narrative programme are actually productive contradictions, which are typical of the narrative poetics of the generational novel, in that it does not succeed in synthesising the individual, familial and political histories into one meaningful narrative. The end of the novel therefore changes to a new medium: from the literary representation of history, to its performative embodiment in dance. This anticipates the theatrical adaptation of the novel by JETTE STECKEL at the Thalia Theater Hamburg in 2017.

„Teraz tam literaci jeżdżą, piszą albo nic nie robią”. Dom Pracy Twórczej w perspektywie geografii literackiej

Author(s): Martyna Miernecka / Language(s): Polish Issue: 10/2019

The purpose of this article is to analyze the cultural phenomenon of the House of Creative Work institution in the post-war Poland as demonstrated by the stays of four writers – Miron Białoszewski, Tadeusz Konwicki, Leopold Tyrmand, Marek Hłasko – in one of the Houses, Obory near Warsaw. A comparative analysis of the attitude of these writers towards the institution in question, as well as the transformational nature of the relation between its space and literary material creates a dense network of connections between the place, authors, and texts. The article is part of a research in the field of geopoetics and raises questions about the physical and material space of the House in Obory, its symbolic dimension, and the types of narratives that it evokes. The structure of this article is ordered by the primary functions of the house in Obory and the speech genres corresponding to particular functions according to the geoculturology project by Wasilij Szczukin.

„Teraz, myślę, ale wcale nie” Zdrój Barbary Klickiej jako narracja maladyczna

Author(s): Dominika Kotuła / Language(s): Polish Issue: 8/2020

This article presents Barbara Klicka’s novel Zdrój as an example of an illness narrative.The novel is discussed in the context of both other examples of the genre and the theoretical worksdevoted to the topic. The fact she is experiencing illness determines the protagonist’s existence andher perception of the world. It influences her emotions. As a hypersensitive individual, she is ableto recognise the mechanisms of oppression embedded in the process of treatment, such as the objectificationof patients. The narrator’s status is peculiar – she is not losing the battle with her illness,neither is she recovering. She is a “wounded storyteller,” remaining in a liminal state. Illness is oneof the essential elements of the protagonist’s identity, and not simply the theme of her story butrather a condition without which the story would not exist.

„THE SKIN OF THE DOG“ AND PRESENCE OF THE MYTHOLOGICAL BEING

Author(s): Gjyle Totaj / Language(s): Albanian Issue: 11-12/2019

The novel „The Skin of the Dog“ by Fatos Congoli has a specific feature regarding the way of narrative aspect, and according to the points of views which give shape to the narrative development in this text. Same as in some other novels of Kongoli, also in the ,,The skin of the dog", is clearly seen the insertion of narrative. It is sometimes narrated in first person and sometimes in the third. What distinguishes this Kongolian narration is also the construction of a psychological profile of the main character, which always conveys a sense of underestimation. As in ,,The Dream of Damocles“ we have also here the presence of mythological beings and the presence of the element of literary fiction, as well as the relationship between the father and his child, but now with the daughter, differently to come comparing to the other novels, where we see the relation with his son. A very important segment of this novel is the thematic motif of deportation, which is one of the most used motifs in Fatos Kongoli's novels. In „The skin of the dog“ we find the figure of Hadi who persecutes our main character during his delusional phases. The main character of this novel, Kristi Tarapi, feels himself failed and unwilling to go any further. He often refers to himself as a „dog skin“meaning a man of no value. We have also here an intercourse with the title of the novel that, as in all the novels of Kongol, turns out to be highly motivated and interrelated with the ideas and the thematic of the novel