Shah of Shahs by Ryszard Kapuściński is considered a controversial book – the opinions about it expressed by Iranian experts are definitely divergent. The author attempts to compare the selected facts from the history of Iran, which are described in the reportage, to the information gathered in other publications (including academic sources) on the topic. The analysis of the passages of the book, which were compared with relevant historical information, identified various types of factual inaccuracies – ranging from obvious factual errors to discrepancies implemented by the reporter deliberately. The greatest value of Kapuściński’s reportage is therefore not the objectivity of the message but its universality.
The purpose of this article is to discuss the role of visuality in contemporary literary reportage. In my analysis I focus on the book Długi film o miłości. Powrót na Broad Peak by Jacek Hugo-Bader, published in 2014. I present that this text can be read as an example of reportage which affects several senses, but it gives priority to image. I analyze the photograph published in the book as well as their descriptions created by the journalist.
This article is an analysis of the linguistic view of the identity of Mazurian people in East Prussia presented in the literary reportage On the Trail of the Sad Devil by Melchior Wańkowicz. The main focus is put on symptoms and mechanisms of an identity formation and a cultural interpenetration at the ethnic borderland viewable in language. The text considers narrator and narrative construction. It also presents the Mazurian attitude towards native language in the early 20th century and its historical grounds.
The article aims to determine how the genre of literary reportage is perceived in various target cultures. The analysis takes into account the findings of a survey conducted in Russia, Germany and the Czech Republic. The paper also outlines the standing of reportage writing in the literary tradition of those countries.
The article is an analysis of Swietlana Alexievich’s book Chernobyl Prayer. A Chronicle of the Future and aims to examine its predominant narrative strategies. The author points to the role of monologues, mottos, irony, titles, and subtitles, which help to describe the process of showing the witness’ point of view and, simultaneously, Alexievich’s interpretation of the gathered data.
Nell’articolo si fondono diverse prospettive interpretative. La prima si concentra sul volume di poesie Usta Italji, pubblicato negli anni ‘30, nel quale Kazimiera Alberti, inconsapevolmente, preannuncia il suo futuro. Le “escursioni poetiche” tra le varie città italiane, rafforzate da elementi di stampo autobiografici, mostrano una soggettività letteraria tutta femminile. Il discorso biografico rappresenta una cornice per le esperienze affettive quali malinconia, tristezza e passione. Oggi chiameremmo tale esperienza legata ad un dato luogo come “poetica dello spazio”, nella quale gli elementi reali si collegano a quelli immaginari. La seconda parte dell’articolo è dedicata al soggiorno di Kazimiera Alberti in Italia. Soggiorno che certamente non può essere trattato come un semplice viaggio di piacere o a fini turistici. L’analisi del codice della memoria culturale dà vita ad una rappresentazione convincente dello sforzo con cui il poeta cerca un proprio modo di “vivere” in un mondo che si divide tra il tragico passato polacco e la sicurezza della terra italiana. Le riflessioni sulla lettera di Kazimiera Alberti indirizzata a Maria Grabowiecki non possono essere trattate come una mera procedura d’interpretazione, ma anche, e soprattutto, un impulso per cogliere, per quanto sia possibile, il fulcro centrale del lavoro dell’Alberti. Si tratta di un gesto di ri-creazione, un tentativo di ri-apertura del mondo verso i grandi miti culturali; una passione creativa la cui evocazione poetica diventa reale come l’isola “immaginaria” di Capri.
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The article conjoins several interpretative perspectives. The first one focuses on Kazimiera Alberti’s volume of poetry entitled Usta Italji [The Mouth of Italy] published in the 1930s, in which Alberti unconsciously predicts her future. Her poetic excursions into Italian cities, enhanced by autothematic tropes, reveal the writerly-feminine subjectivity. What the biographical discourse delineates there is the frame for affective experiences, such as melancholy, sadness, and passion. This experience of the place would be identified today as the poetics of space, in which actual addresses merge with made up after-images. The second part of the article is devoted to Kazimiera Alberti’s experience of living in – and not only sightseeing – Italy. An analysis of the cultural memory code makes it possible to accurately portray the effort with which the poet seeks an original way of inhabiting the world that spans between the tragic Polish past and the Italian space of salvage. A reflection on Kazimiera Alberti’s letter to Maria Grabowiecka becomes not only an interpretative procedure but also – and primarily – a trigger to discuss the (arguably) central theme in Alberti’s oeuvre: the gesture of re-creation. This gesture stands for the attempt to re-create the world in the language of great cultural myths, or for the creative passion whose poetic evocation is Capri – an island equally real and “made up” or imagined.
The author of this paper characterizes the Polish literature translated into the Slovak language over the last few years with particular focus on the year 2017. Three genres have been translated the most: literary reportage, detective novel, and fantasy literature. What is underscored is the function of these translations in the receiving (Slovak) culture and literature, as well as the reception of the translations by scholars and readers.
The aim of this article is to discuss the personal brand creation of the reporter Mariusz Szczygieł. The author claims that there is a strong relation between the increasing popularity of non-fiction and a significant change in the social perception of reporters. Nowadays the journalists not only publish new journalistic books, but they are also strongly involved in their promotion. The analysis of the strategies used by Mariusz Szczygieł lead to the conclusion that the process of creating the image by the reporter consists of his activity in social media, his involvement in numerous activities going beyond standard journalistic duties and his decision to use the autobiographical motifs in his reportages. These strategies allow to significantly increase the author’s media visibility and they have an influence on the greater recognition of this author among the readers.
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Niniejszy artykuł poświęcony jest omówieniu strategii kreowania marki osobistej przez reportera Mariusza Szyczygła. Zauważyć można, iż wraz ze wzrastającą popularnością twórczości non-fiction ulega zmianie status jej autorów, którzy – wydając kolejne tomy reportażowe – aktywnie angażują się w ich promocję. Jak pokazuje przykład Szczygła, wykreowaniu pożądanego przez reportera wizerunku sprzyja jego aktywność w mediach społecznościowych, angażowanie się w liczne działania wykraczające poza działalność stricte dziennikarską, jak też autobiografizowanie dyskursu reportażowego. Strategie te pozwalają istotnie zwiększyć medialną widoczność autora, przekładającą się na jego szerszą rozpoznawalność wśród odbiorców.
Autorka snuje rozważania dotyczące cech charakterystycznych współczesnych reportaży. Artykuł koncentruje się na przedstawieniu hybrydycznej natury gatunku i jego silnie literackiego ukierunkowania. Polem analiz jest twórczość Mariusza Szczygła. Refleksja prowadzona jest dwutorowo. Zasygnalizowana zostaje zarówno dystynktywność dokumentaryzmu jako cechy kanonicznej reportażu w ogóle, jak również znamienność pojawiających się w tekście motywów beletrystycznych. Jak się okazuje, nadrzędny, dokumentalny charakter reportaży nie uniemożliwia rozpatrywania twórczości Szczygła w kategoriach utworów literackich. Autorka artykułu wykorzystuje do analizy trzy zbiory – Gottland, Zrób sobie raj i Nie ma. Wnioski dowodzą, że wybrane teksty reportażowe są międzygatunkowymi hybrydami, mozaikami stylów, w których kondensują się doświadczenia związane z poznawaniem prawdy (faktów) oraz fikcji literackiej.
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The author deliberates on the characteristics of contemporary reportages. The paper focuses on presenting the hybrid nature of the genre and its strongly literary orientation. The field of analysis is the work of Mariusz Szczygieł. The study is conducted in two ways. Both the distinctive character of documentarism as a canonical feature of reportage in general, and the significance of fictional motifs appearing in the text, are highlighted. As it turns out, the canonical documentary nature of the reportages does not make it impossible to consider Szczygieł’s texts in terms of literary works. The author of the paper uses three collections of reportages: Gottland, Zrób sobie raj, and Nie ma. The conclusions show that the selected materials are inter-species hybrids and mosaics of styles in which the experiences related to discovering the truth (facts) and literary fiction are condensed.
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