The Polish Vision of the Balkan Territorial Space in the Context of Phrase 'The Balkan Pot'

• Authors: Moroz-Grzelak L.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

This article is an attempt to answer the question in which way a phrase 'The Balkan Pot' has contributed to an image of the Balkan territorial space in Polish literature. The reconstruction of its origins was made mainly on the basis of press materials that were describing historical facts in that area. The meaning of Balkans in the Polish language signified a functioning geographical name, remarking that a process of its introduction was very slow though it was popularized after the Berlin Congress. However, appearing of 'The Balkan Pot' as a phrase had a connection with accidents in that area in 1908 and meant originally an ethnic diversity on the Balkan Peninsula. Uprisings and wars added a new meaning to that phrase - a meaning of conflicts. Such an image was cemented by historical works which determined all possible conflicts already in the 19th century with that phrase imposing stereotypical image of the Balkan space. A phrase 'The Balkan Pot' contributed to the stereotypical vision of that region in Europe as a territory with unusual ethnical diversity, where incessantly accomplished situations were full of tension and difficulties to resolve.

Keywords

EN

'BALKAN POT' - POLISH VISON OF

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
• Journal: Slavia Meridionalis
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 7
• Pages: 169-182
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Moroz-Grzelak L.

• L. Moroz-Grzelak, Instytut Slawistyki PAN, ul Bartoszewicza 1b, m. 17, 00-337 Warszawa, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08PLAAAA03677426