Old and New Paths of Literacy

• Authors: Jadwiga Kołodziejska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

General reading retains both a close and distant social environment, which influences quantitative and qualitative dimensions. From 1989 in Poland readers gained accesses to new kinds of writing and authors. This choice ultimately changed reader interests, which had previously focused on a canon literature that had been fixed the school curriculum. However, family traditions and school set texts are not the only indicators of reading practices. New, and little-recognized reader groups, often of an elite character, have a diversified the traditional reading community, often-times supported by cyberspace.

Keywords

EN

Literacy; School; Literary canon; General reading; Elite reading; Scope of the book; Cultural distance; Television; Internet

• Publisher: Polish Librarians Association, Warsaw, http://www.sbp.pl/en
• Journal: Przegląd Biblioteczny
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 80
• Issue: 5 - The Special Issue
• Pages: 59-75

Contributors

author

Jadwiga Kołodziejska

• The National Library of Poland, The Institute of Information and Book Studies, The University of Warsaw

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