Kluczowym zagadnieniem w baśniach Oscara Wilde’a jest problem duszy człowieka, jej dwoistości, skłonności do zła. Artykuł stanowi próbę analizy i interpretacji baśni "Olbrzym-samolub" Oscara Wilde’a, przy pomocy kategorii duszy. Do jej opisu użył Wilde takich symboli, jak: olbrzym-samolub, pory roku, zwłaszcza zima i wiosna; ogród jako dusza ludzka, ale też raj; dziecko i dziecięctwo oraz Chrystus jako ideały i symbole doskonałości duszy ludzkiej.
Artykuł przybliża postać Elżbiety Janikowskiej – białostockiej bibliotekarki, animatorki czytelnictwa dziecięcego oraz pisarki dla dzieci. Przedstawia zarys biografii autorki, a następnie podejmuje wybrane zagadnienia w jej powieściach i baśniach, takie jak: terapeutyczne składniki baśni; motyw odmieńca; wartości i wzory osobowe; motyw poświęcenia oraz śmierci dziecka. W tekście zwraca się przy tym uwagę na biblioterapeutyczny charakter pisarstwa Elżbiety Janikowskiej dla dzieci.
The article analyses the motifs of the Virginity and the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary in Young Poland poetry. They appear in the writings of many poets, i.e. Maria Konopnicka, Leopold Staff, Jan Kasprowicz, Bronisława Ostrowska, Kazimiera Zawistowska, Józef Ruffer and others. The interest in the Motherhood of God in this period stemmed mostly from a general increase in religiousness but it also had its national and patriotic roots. The expansiveness of the motifs of Virginity and the Annunciation of St. Mary after 1900 was also connected with the 50 th anniversary commemoration of the announcement of the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception. The changes in the world-view in the era initialized by vitalism, the fascination with spirituality, broad-sense purity, folk nature and the Franciscan philosophical trend were also significant for the poetic presentation of St. Mary.
The aim of this dissertation is to present the forgotten novel Wspomnienia wygnanki from 1844 by Paulina Krakowowa. The author draws attention to its readability and literary values, which made it a bestseller in the 19th century. The dissertation also offers an analysis and interpretation of Wspomnieniawygnanki in the context of nineteenth-century novels for girls, as well as in the context of adventure novels, the so-called “robinsonada”. This is because Krakowowa’s novel is saturated with sensational, adventure and travel themes. Therefore, it should be placed within and outside the circle of nineteenth-century novels for girls. Wspomnienia wygnanki is an innovative novel,going beyond the usual conventions of moral prose and novels of manners towards an adventure novel (“robinsonade”), which, in the nineteenth century, was reserved almost exclusively for boys.
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