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Jasio-Jeżyk braci Grimm i Jeż Katarzyny Kotowskiej jako szkolne lektury. Inny i oswajanie przez miłość

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Michułka D.

Filoteknos

2020

issue 10

282-306

The article presents comparative analysis of two literary works: Grimm’s Hans My Hedgehog [Hans mein Igel] and Katarzyna Kotowska’s Jeż [Hedgehog] as “otherness” in fairy-tale seems natural and acceptable, the Hans my Hedgehog story constantly instigates new interpretations. Particularly, when it is juxtaposed to other stories that are structured in a similar manner: Grimm’s 19th century fairy tale and Kotowska’s contemporary fairy tale – parable about adopted boy belong to the group of stories with a child protagonist who is half-human and half-animal. The protagonists of both stories are odd and lonely, but only Grimm’s one becomes rejected. From the perspective of psychoanalysis, especially in the view of emotional ambivalence and related “reasons” and “motives” for actions, these two tales may be good examples of child’s confrontation with the basic inner life problems (like adopted child in Kotowska’s story) and illnesses (Hans My Hedgehog). As part of the reader’s identification with the protagonist, they may be helpful in recognizing problems and finding appropriate solutions, may support during the difficult period of adolescence and formation of one’s personality, and may also facilitate positive thinking and self-confidence. Easily discernable in both examples is the process of inner development – the protagonist’s individualisation, – that is equalled to the formation of their personality. Kotowska’s poetic fable about overcoming barriers between a child and its parents corresponds to the image of a happy family, assumes the perspectives of understanding and naming the “Other’s” feelings, and of resolving differences between children and adults. In Grimm’s fairy tale, the plot is based rather on the protagonist’s actions with emphasis on the theme of rejection and re-acceptance. Both tales feature a happy end: the boys – as animal-children – face their “otherness”, are active in their fight for love, which, by losing their spines, they eventually win.

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Jasio-Jeżyk braci Grimm i Jeż Katarzyny Kotowskiej jako szkolne lektury. Inny i oswajanie przez miłość