Book Review: Joanna Marszałek–Kawa, Constitutional Status and Functions of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland Following the Accession to the European Union, ELIPSA Publishing House, Warsaw 2012, p. 713

Jaskiernia, Jerzy

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“…The world depicted by Isaac Bashevis Singer on the pages of his short story “Gimpel The Fool” is a fairy tale, like Marc Chagall’s phantasmagoric paintings. Here, every lie can turn into truth, and truth can take the form of falsehood, for “without a doubt, the world is only a collection of our imaginations” ([ 26 ], p. 24). Singer, however, does not seem to seek epistemological boundaries.…”

Section: Apotheosis In Literary Images Of Intellectual Disabilitymentioning

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“…Just the contrary. But that’s what people call me (...) In general, I’ve had seven nicknames: dumdum, donkey, redhead, blockhead, retard, buffoon and fool” ([ 26 ], p. 5).…”

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“…He seems completely lost and naïve like a child, because he believes in everything he hears from people. He takes part in the game of contempt and humiliation, because the surrounding community accepts it as “a point of honor to double-cross him at least once” ([ 26 ], p. 6). The highlight of the fun at his expense is to match him with the false and malicious Elka.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…What’s good about not believing? Today it’s just your wife, but tomorrow you start disbelief the God himself ” ([ 26 ], p. 17).…”

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“…As he admits: “Different things happened, but I didn’t see anything, I didn’t hear anything. I believed and that’s it” ([ 26 ], p. 21).…”

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The apotheosis of intellectual disability in fictional literature

Podlecka¹,

Pietras²,

Sipowicz³

2021

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Purpose: Intellectual disability is an extremely complex phenomenon and can therefore be considered on the basis of either intellectual malfunction patterns and adaptability disorders, or in the optics of the socio-cultural construct. The ephemeral truth about the essence of the phenomenon of intellectual disability is formulated in a fluid and dynamic way at the border of culture and biology which justify the fact of analyzing it on the field of medical humanities. The broad perspective of the view of the phenomenon outlined in the first part of the paper provides the basis for understanding the image of a character with intellectual disabilities in fictional literature. The primary objective of the research was to get to know and understand the apotheosis of intellectual disability in selected works of fine literature. Views: Basis assumptions of the hermeneutic method were applied in this research. Hermeneutics is a specific methodology on literary grounds, as it does not provide the user with ready-made techniques or tools for text analysis, emphasizing the lack of universal means of deciphering the meanings of literature. The meaning of the text becomes a reference developed by interpretation, which is a question of the hypotheses generated by the recipient. The area of analysis consists primarily of the categories of wisdom and good outlined in the silhouettes of the presented literary heroes. Conclusions: As a result, characteristic ways of understanding wisdom and good in relation to characters with intellectual disabilities were identified, and thus the image of apotheosis was outlined.

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Section: Apotheosis In Literary Images Of Intellectual Disabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Just the contrary. But that’s what people call me (...) In general, I’ve had seven nicknames: dumdum, donkey, redhead, blockhead, retard, buffoon and fool” ([ 26 ], p. 5).…”

Section: Apotheosis In Literary Images Of Intellectual Disabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Apotheosis In Literary Images Of Intellectual Disabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…What’s good about not believing? Today it’s just your wife, but tomorrow you start disbelief the God himself ” ([ 26 ], p. 17).…”

Section: Apotheosis In Literary Images Of Intellectual Disabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As he admits: “Different things happened, but I didn’t see anything, I didn’t hear anything. I believed and that’s it” ([ 26 ], p. 21).…”

Section: Apotheosis In Literary Images Of Intellectual Disabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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