We kindly inform you that, as long as the subject affiliation of our 300.000+ articles is in progress, you might get unsufficient or no results on your third level or second level search. In this case, please broaden your search criteria.
The Internet shows an increasing number of blogs written by priests and monks, which appears problematic. Priests frequently do not realize that a blog is a form of meeting, which is different from a meeting in church. An author of a blog ceases to be an authority figure when he employs a different kind of language – less formal than in church. Examples quoted in this article indicate that the blogging priests face problems with the changing way of communication.
More...
The paper deals with the genesis of shaping and reshaping the Bosniak cultural identity, through all historical misfortune and changes. In novelistic cycle Zamjene and Krivice, as well as the novel CrnoTurci, Husein Bašić writes out the historical doom of Sandžak Bosniaks and beyond, in the area of Balkan demarcation and the area of new lords, after Ottoman withdrawal. Bosniaks face the consequences of imposed “Turkish guilt” - persecution, robbery, arson and murders. The confusion, fear and disorientation led to mass emigration and further even occasional mass crimes and suffering, especially during the World War II, which preceded the genocide in Bosnia at the end of the 20th century. Searching for the causes and consequences of the tragic events, the author writes individual and collective destinies in creating narrative characters, also showing the drama of identity: identity crisis, trauma identity, identity replacement and division,
More...
The author takes into consideration four subjectively chosen and unpublished in Poland graphic novels: „It’s a Bird” (2004), „The Spiral Cage” (2003), „Our Cancer Year” (1994) and „Mom’s Cancer” (2008). All of them, using similar dramaturgic strategies, become starting points for visually diversified stories. Each of them in a unique, innovative, and above all universal way rise an issue of overcoming taboo in public reflection on shame, suffering, fear and humiliation which can be results of disease, affliction, or physical disability.
More...
The aim of the article is to discuss the topic of physical and spiritual wellbeing as manifested in the works of two Baroque poets. Daniel Bratkowski, the author of the first volume, entitled „A World Partially Forgiven”, came from Volhynia and was a member of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Hiacynt Przetocki, in turn, the author of the volume entitled „A Fast‑day Dinner, or Trifle”, came from Greater Poland and was a Jesuit. In Bratkowski’s poetry, who focused particularly on spiritual wellbeing, his ruminations on the condition of a nobleman, his sins and his vices, were concentrated around social, political and eschatological matters. Hiacynt Przetocki, in turn, in his overview of various fast‑day dishes popular in his times, approaches the subject matter of the everyday life in a less serious manner, pointing to the beneficial properties of particular dishes and the harmfulness of others. Bratkowski, then, seems to be a greater malcontent and a more severe judge of his contemporaries than Przetocki. Nonetheless, both volumes constitute valuable sources of information regarding the mindsets, proclivities and sins of Polish nobility of the 17th century.
More...
The article aims to discuss the poems collected in the volume „A Garden of Trifles” by Wacław Potocki, in which the author presents the portraits of bearded and bald people. The focus on these particular characteristics is motivated by an inquiry into the reasons for the use of such characteristic features of the male physiognomy in Potocki’s poetry. On the one hand, they seem to direct the reader towards the notions of the concept and the symbol, while, on the other hand, they appear to stem from the author’s authentic interest in the surrounding world and his scrupulous study of the changes in human physiognomy.
More...
The article presents the relationship between the epic poem understood as the ideal of poetry and the vision of the ideal man in „De perfecta poesi” by Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski. According to him, the epic poem is supposed to present the reader with the model of an ideal life, while its form is conceived to reflect its content: its narrative should be constructed in such a way as to showcase all ideal aspects of the protagonist’s life. The article argues at the same time that Sarbiewski uses the concept of the ideal in three different ways: the epic poem – just like any other literary texts – represents the ideal when it is written in such a way that if one were to remove or add an element, the result would be inevitably detrimental; when it contains a complete picture of reality, because it touches upon both the human and the divine; and when it presents its protagonist as easily balancing active and contemplative life.
More...
The topic of the following article is the history of research concerning the “literary Silesia” from the perspective of the Czech history of literature and folklore. The author emphasizes the fact that in the 20th century, Jan Malicki made substantial contributions to the state of the discipline on the Polish side, while Antonín Satke and Drahomír Šajtar contributed on the Czech side – the former in folklore studies, the latter in literary theory. Moreover, Šajtar popularized this interesting, interdisciplinary topic that Bridges several research areas (folklore, literature, ethnography, institutions, economic history, etc.). In addition, Šajtar created the program devoted to studying folklore in Silesia. The article, then, attempts to remind the readers about these two important figures in the study of the “literary Silesia” and its heritage.
More...
The following article concerns literary texts commemorating the death of one of the most famous reavers of the Eastern Borderlands, who died in the battle of Rastawica in 1571. The author argues that, in his commemoration of Stanisław Strus, Jan Kochanowski, in his „Gravestone for Stanisław Strus”, praises his entire line, while „Song VI On Strus Who Died at Rastawica at the Hand of the Tatars in the Year of Our Lord 1571” by Mikołaj Sęp Szarzyński constitutes an apotheosis of the heroic sacrifice of the knight, even though his death should not be regarded as a de facto suicide. Moreover, the article traces the parallels between the Polish hero and Roland of Old French chansons de geste.
More...
The article discusses the issue of bandit activity in the Żywiec region in 17th and 18th century. The main source of information regarding that topic is „Chronography or the Chronicle of Żywiec” by Andrzej Komoniecki, which documented the history of Żywiec and its vicinity between 1400–1728. This singularly fascinating source text mentions a plethora of executions of local bandits, while the author does not shy away from detailed descriptions of torture and death penalty. The chronicle confirms that, due to the geographical location of Żywiec (the proximity of the mountains), bandit activity constituted a serious issues – hordes of bandits robbed houses, manors and parsonages, as well as traveling merchants, sparing no one who dared oppose them. On the other hand, many inhabitants of Żywiec assisted the bandits and – according to the sources – did so not only out of fear. On the contrary, the courage, resilience and lack of the fear of death that characterized the bandits made them more relatable to the rest of the populace. Those mechanisms, in turn, facilitated the emergence of the myth of the “noble bandit.”
More...