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„Die gesamte Zivilisation ist eine Verdrängung“: Zur Schreibstrategie von Christoph Hein

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Hammer K.
Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia
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2011
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issue 19
91-104
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For Christoph Hein civilized society is a society which blocks many issues out. The individuals who accept such state of affairs are doing quite well. The price they pay for this emotional self-mutilation, however, is extremely high, and the use of freedom is always connected with its misuse. In his novels Hein sketches the process of erosion, which has started to seize the laws of the Western civilization. Hein does not always refer to Germany and the discussion on the topic of Germans from the East and those form the West; he is much more interested in the flaws in the picture of the whole Western civilization.
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Zur Problematik der unterdrückten Sexualität im Frühwerk Ferdinand von Saars

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Wróblewska B.
Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia
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2012
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issue 20
187-200
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In his novel “Innocens” published in 1866 Ferdinand von Saar touches upon the topic of human erotic nature, which from then on would be the constitutive element of his literary output. In contrast to his later works, however, in which one can notice the author’s tendency to present human beings as creatures dependent on their urges, instincts and emotions, the figures in Saar’s early novels are characterized by a clear tendency to suppress their sexual sphere. The paper focuses on three earliest short stories by Saar: “Innocens”, “Marianne” and “Die Geigerin” [The violinist] and presents the moment of sexual awakening of the protagonists and the causes, for which they renounce the materialization of their erotic-sensual longings and passions.
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„Die Offenbarung des Johannes“ in expressionistischer Auslegung

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Hartmann R.
Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia
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2011
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issue 19
57-69
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Expressionism was simply predestined to the reception of The Book of Revelation by virtue above all of a very strongly developed belief which was spreading from the beginning of the 19th century that the European culture was in crisis. This belief contributed to a conception of the everyday life suffering in connection with the prophesied Apocalypse.
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Internet als Ort globaler Literaturübermittlung und -kritik am Beispiel exemplarisch ausgewählter deutschsprachiger Volltextarchive, Literaturportale und –zeitschriften

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Hendryk E.
Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia
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2011
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issue 19
123-137
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The influence of the Internet and of the newest information technologies on dissemination and development of literature is an indisputable fact. The Internet, by virtue of its omnipresence and the capacity to transfer information, is a modern place of popularization and promotion of literature, as well as the cheapest and the easiest form to publish. The more and more vividly discussed phenomenon of adaptation of the Internet for the needs of literature is the subject of the research presented in this paper, in which the author elaborates – on the example of selected German-language repositories, portals and literary magazines – on various forms and ways of dissemination of literature, literary criticism and publications on literature studies on the Internet. What is worth attention are the online literature repositories (e.g. Projekt Gutenberg-DE and Bibliotheca Augustana), portals devoted to individual eminent writers (Goethezeitportal and Kleist-Archiv Sembdner) and literary magazines (Literaturkritik. de and Berliner Literaturkritik), which are sites to publish reviews as well as academic texts. These projects are not only Internet-user-friendly and meant for laymen fascinated by the works of various writers but are also a new form for literary and academic publications. They prove that the Internet opens new prospects for popularization of literature, literary criticism and the discourse of literature studies
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Die enthaltsame Liebe in Adalbert Stifters „Die Mappe meines Urgroßvaters“

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Wróblewska B.
Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia
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2011
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issue 19
21-35
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In the works by Adalbert Stifter love is constantly present, yet the author clearly separates it from sensual passion, describing the latter as moral suicide - hence the writer’s obsessive tendency to construct love relationships in which partners successfully put any longing for erotic fulfilment aside. In his favourite story „Die Mappe meines Urgroßvaters“ Stifter clearly shows how abstaining from sexual closeness determines the lives of the protagonists. Sexual abstinence here supports the protagonists’ striving to clear themselves of guilt ensuing from succumbing to passions. It is a sort of atonement thanks to which they surmount their egoism, which closes them in a cramped world of their own obsessive desires. Finally, thanks to abstention from sexual closeness the protagonists arrive at spiritual maturity and find the true meaning of the feeling that connects them and the sense of mutual affinity.
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Zukunftstechnologien für die Nachwendejahre – Annett Gröschners Roman „Moskauer Eis“

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Lengyel V.
Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia
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2011
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issue 19
105-122
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In the novel “Moskauer Eis” (“Moscow Ice“) Annett Gröschner describes everyday hardships of life in the new reality after the reunification of Germany. The memories of the narrator Annja, however, also show the picture of the past times of the GDR. Thanks to the clearly emphasized fictionality of the depicted historical events and to the elaborate narration technique, as well as owing to the comical-distanced style and salient presence of metaphors, the message of novel is that any historical accounts are in fact literary fiction. The author of the novel does not, however, treat the look back into the past times of the GDR as anachronism. On the one hand namely what the novel in question shows is that memories play an important role the construction of one’s own identity; on the other hand presenting a critical picture of the GDR can contribute to better mutual understanding and communication between the people who in the past lived at both sides of the Berlin Wall.
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‘Es kafkat und brodelt und werfelt und kischt ...’: Zur Prager deutschen Literatur

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Zimmermann H. D.
Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia
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2011
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issue 19
9-20
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The paper offers a brief general characterization of the 19th and 20th century German-language literature from Prague, whose most prominent representatives are Franz Kafka and Rainer Maria Rilke. Kafka was an exceptional case among the so-called Prague Circle in many respects while Rilke, who left Prague at a young age and – being multilingual and at the same time showing his respect for Czechs and Jews – visited many countries, can be considered the embodiment of the European character of Prague and Czechoslovakia under Tomáš Masaryk: the time of extraordinary heyday of the literature written by Czech and German Jews connected to Prague. The author of the paper describes their life experiences and presents their literary output as an inseparable part of German and Austrian literature but having its own unique character this proving that German Jewish writers from Prague have undoubtedly contributed to the flourishing of the German-language literature of the beginning of the 20th century.
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Revolitionäre Projekte als thymotische Regungen. Peter Sloterdijk versus Georg Büchner

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Mrożewska A.
Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia
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2013
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issue 21
146-163
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The paper is an attempt to analyse the drama "Dantons Tod" [Danton’s Death] by Georg Büchner in the light of the reflections of the modern German philosopher Peter Sloterdijk about the thymotic aspirations of the human. ‘Thymos’ is a Greek term for the area in the human soul / psyche which pertains to the need for acknowledgement. The area of thymos is thus responsible for the affects which are necessary to fulfil this need, i.e. pride, indignation, anger, ambition or readiness to fight. These affects became, according to Sloterdijk, largely marginalized under the influence of the Christian morality since they posed a threat to the feudal socio-political hierarchy. The legitimization of the authority based on the notion of ‘the grace of God’ required unconditional obedience of the subjects, as well as the acceptance of the absolutist, that is God’s, order. The ideas of the Enlightenment and ultimately the outburst of the French Revolution meant a re-activation of the thymotic energy and the shaping of the so-called culture of indignation / disagreement for the current system. The bourgeoisie manifested its anger in the great thymotic project which was the French Revolution. Georg Büchner took an active part in the afore-mentioned culture of indignation and propagated it among the oppressed and the humiliated contemporary with him. "Dantons Tod" presents the reflexes of thymos as the basic mechanism shaping human relations.
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Auf der Suche nach repräsentativen Lyrik- und Prosagenres im Internat. Über die moderne Literaturverbreitung und -schaffung

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Hendryk E.
Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia
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2013
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issue 21
164-179
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The influence of the Internet on information and knowledge transfer has been an indisputable fact for a long time now. The Internet has revolutionized many areas of our lives, has become an important element of culture and a tool facilitating dissemination of literature. It is a convenient base to build archives and electronic, globally available libraries, as well as a place for interesting literary initiatives, workshops and virtual meetings of writers, novices and readers. The projects and platforms resulting from these activities serve not only to disseminate literature but also to create it. The paper shows the presence of various literary forms in the virtual galaxy on the basis of selected German-language websites. An important factor here is their socio-cultural dimension reflected in the emergence of a new literary environment and in the mass development of new popular literature.
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Geschlechtsdifferenzen in Peter Handkes Erzählungen "Die linkshändige Frau" und "Die Stunde der wahren Empfindung"

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Piperek E.
Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia
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2013
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issue 21
131-145
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The paper is devoted to the Austrian writer Peter Handke, who is well-known for causing controversy. The topic of the paper are differences between the genders and the exchange of roles between women and men in the modern society. The upward trend in the emancipation of women and their pursuit of liberation from the domination of men as well as the degradation of the role of the man are shown in a distorting mirror on the example of the characters in the stories "Die linkshändige Frau" [The left-handed woman] and "Die Stunde der wahren Empfindung" [A Moment of True Feeling]. These characters strive for self-fulfilment and individualization at all costs with no respect for the needs of other family members. Therefore their morality and ethics are dubious and the motives of their actions are ultimately – as it turns out – egoism, infantility and emotional hollowness, which consequently leads to a break-up of their families.
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Das Frauenbild in Schweizer 'Frauenbüchern'

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Muzyka J., Sośnicka D.
Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia
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2013
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issue 21
33-52
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The paper describes the changes in the literary portrayal of women which have taken place from the 70s onwards in the Swiss literature on the basis of the works of three female authors, i.e. "Häutungen" [Shedding] (1975) by Verena Stefan, "Die Wachsflügelfrau" [Flying with wings of wax: The story of Emily Kempin-Spyri] (1991) by Eveline Hasler, "Erdnüsse. Totschlagen" [Peanuts. Killings] (1994) by Ruth Schweikert. The analysis of the works of the three female writers representing three consecutive generations allows to present the main tendencies in the development of the Swiss women’s literature from the moment of its heyday until the currently dominating trends.
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Mythos von Tristan und Isolde, Mythos Wagner oder Mythos Familie? Überlegungen am Beispiel des Schaffens von Thomas Mann und Maria Kuncewiczowa ("Tristan" und "Tristan 1946")

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Trębaczkiewicz E.
Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia
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2013
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issue 21
85-97
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The paper is an attempt to find the mythical roots of the prose works "Tristan" by Thomas Mann and "Tristan 1946" by Maria Kuncewiczowa. The undertaken analysis has shown that the titles of both works are a conscious provocation or a pretext for taking a broader perspective on the essence and the role of myths in the modern world. In his polemic discussion with Wagner contained in his short story written in a sanatorium Thomas Mann seems to reach similar conclusions as Maria Kuncewiczowa, who in her Cornish novel invokes autobiographical motives. The love of Tristan and Isolde of the 20th century is doomed to fail. The medieval myth is confronted with the ancient myth (in the work by Thomas Mann) and with the modern bourgeois myth of family. Both Thomas Mann and Maria Kuncewiczowa intuitively sense and anticipate the theory by Levi-Strauss by showing how in the modern world devoid of love the music replaces the myth, takes over its function and becomes an illusory light at the end of the tunnel.
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Zur Problematik der masochistischen Phantasie in Leopold von Sacher-Masochs "Venus im Pelz"

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Wróblewska B.
Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia
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2013
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issue 21
113-130
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The paper touches upon the topic of masochistic fantasies in the novel "Venus im Pelz" [Venus in Furs] by the Austrian writer Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. The piece, published in 1869, was, at one hand, a marketing success of the author, who was praised for the novelty of the look at the issue of sexual otherness and the directness in its depiction. At the other hand, Masoch became the subject of fierce criticism putting forward accusations of celebrating vulgar eroticism. The opponents of the writer saw in the masochistic obsessions of the book character, especially in his attempt to materialize them, a real threat to the current system of values and moral norms. It was only after Theodor Reik’s publication of the results of a long-term research on the phenomenon of self-defeating personality disorder that the phenomenon of masochistic fantasy was discerned, whose complicated mechanism Masoch managed to pointedly convey in his controversial novel.
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Der Schweizer Literaturnobelpreisträger Carl Spitteler – ein Epigone oder Bahnbrecher der modernen Erzählkunst in der Deutschschweizer Literatur?

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Sośnicka D.
Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia
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2011
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issue 19
37-55
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In the paper the author sketches a portrait of Carl Spitteler, who as the author of the epic poem “Der olympische Frühling” [Olympic Spring] became the sole Swiss Nobel laureate in literature and who with his writing inspired not only Friedrich Nietzsche but also psychoanalysis emerging at the beginning of the 20th century. In spite of the above his work was forgotten after World War II. On the basis of the analysis of the afore-mentioned epic poem as well as of Spitteler’s debut work “Prometheus and Epimetheus” and particularly of his autobiographical novel “Imago” the author of the paper attempts to show that despite the widespread opinion Spitteler did not follow the beaten literary track but his texts reveal that he can be considered a pioneer of the modern art of narration in Swiss literature. The writer in full consciousness made references to the forms and themes of the European modernist prose but was also able to look at himself and his works with tongue in cheek despite the fact that the Swiss ‘anointed’ him as the national poet and the ‘father’ of the Swiss idea of neutrality.
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Augenzeugenbericht – Gräuelmärchen – Propagandalüge: ideologische Kriegführung 1914/15 in Ostpreußen

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Hartmann R.
Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia
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2012
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issue 20
141-153
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World War One in East Prussia, which means Russian invasion between August 1914 and February 1915, drew the attention of the German public to this theatre of war. On the example of many texts which were regarded “authentic” one can demonstrate how strong the influence of the language was in the context of the war hysteria and propaganda. In this way next to the existing reality an alternative, invented reality was created which could not be ignored. Eyewitness accounts, false stories about the atrocities of war and propaganda lies existed in the gray area of the communication sphere in which authenticity and fiction were indistinguishable.
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Schriftsteller in Anwaltsroben. Die literarische Rhetorik von Kazimiera Iłłakiewiczówna, Thomas Mann, Stanisława Przybyszewska und Jakob Wassermann in der Polemik um die Prozesse gegen Rita Gorgon und Philipp Halsmann

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Pilipowicz A.
Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia
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2013
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issue 21
69-84
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The paper is an attempt to show the humanism of the writers who, in various texts (letters, articles and poems), took stance on the issue of the trial of Rita Gorgon, who was accused of the murder of her employer’s daughter, and the trial of Philipp Halsmann, who was accused of the murder of his father. Since these murders had not been fully clarified, the accused were not considered unequivocally guilty by the writers, which was a starting point for the postulate to lodge an appeal against the sentence.
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Entortung und Identitätsbruch im Exilwerk Paul Zechs

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Maldonado Alemán M.
Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia
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2013
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issue 21
9-31
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The paper discusses the issue of identity in the literary work of Paul Zech, an author living in exile from 1933 until his death in 1946. The reflections are introduced by information about the current research of cultural studies on the subject of identity. The factors which shape one’s identity include, among others, topographic and cultural space, the feeling of belonging to a place. The presentation of Zech’s work begins with quoting some important facts about his life and his correspondence with the writers contemporary with him about the observations about South America. The author’s scope of interest includes, among others, social problems in Buenos Aires, the multiculturalism of Argentina’s capital and its influence on the shaping of identity. The analysis of the literary texts allows to state that the exile literature of Zech is dominated by the identity of the excluded one, who shows reluctance to fully integrate with the new homeland. The leitmotifs running through his work are the sense of guilt, detachment from a place and alienation.
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Jurek Beckers (auto)biografisches Schreiben zwischen Erinnerung und Verdrängung: „Jakob der Lügner“ und „Der Boxer“

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Mrożek S.
Colloquia Germanica Stetinensia
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2012
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issue 20
175-185
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The paper is an attempt to present the ambivalent attitude of Jurek Becker, an East-German writer born in Lodz before World War II, towards his own life and ambiguous Jewish identity. The author examines two novels by Becker: “Jacob the Liar” and “The Boxer” which in the fictional literature space present the reality of Holocaust, which is an experience familiar to Jurek Becker. The focal aspect here is the correlation between the highly traumatic personal experiences of the writer in question and their literary transposition in the afore mentioned novels. What is characteristic for the writer is the unstraightforward nature of this correlation, in which the world created in the literary work is not a direct faithful depiction of the experienced world. In both novels Jurek Becker – similarly to his non-literary statements – avoids making any conclusive statements, also regarding his own Jewish identity, thus making his writing activity similar to playing a game with himself and the reader. To what extent this game is an element of a conscious strategy and to what extent it is merely a pose adopted by the writer remains an open question.
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The reception of Czesław Miłosz’s poetry by students of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary schools

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Matuszek A.
Edukacja
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2013
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issue Edukacja. An interdisciplinary approach 1
98–114
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The works of Czesław Miłosz are usually regarded as “especially difficult” literature. It is therefore important to examine how young people analyse and interpret selected works of the poet. The article presents the results of a study evaluating the quality of reception of Miłosz’s poetry by students at all levels of compulsory education prior to the Czesław Miłosz Year in 2011. The study enabled the assessment of students’ knowledge of the life and work of Miłosz and the reading competencies required by a modern student to analyse and interpret his literary work.
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Świadomość czy algorytm? Ludzkie maszyny jako emanacje Frankensteina Mary Shelley w naukach kognitywnych oraz tekstach kultury

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Saja K.
Przestrzenie Teorii
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2020
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issue 33
321-352
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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is without doubt a popular science-fiction novel, which has inspired many generations of artists and creators in popular culture and mass culture. It has also become an inspiration for scientific studies in the field of robotics and cybernetics. Modern cognitive sciences are looking for the perfect pattern that will allow artificial intelligence to be achieved. An important problem for scientists was the lack of full knowledge about consciousness. We are able to recreate the structure of the human body in a machine, but we are not able to fully simulate the neural processes that would create human consciousness. This problem is perfectly illustrated by cultural works, including literature and cinematography. We see in them both the emanations of the motifs contained in Shelley’s novel and the realization of scientific hypotheses that shape our image of a conscious, thinking machine.
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