In my article I analyse the contradictions between the institutional assumptions at school and the postmodern thinking about didactics. I quote the book entitled In defence of the school. A public issue by Jan Masschelein, Maarten Simons and make an attempt to reflect upon the reading assignment as the time which is free from institutional pressure. I analyse the school curriculum by pointing out the contradictions of its entries and the symbolic violence it includes both towards teachers and students.
I argue for amazing values of the tradition of romanticism. I pay attention to connections between this tradition and the present. I write about necessary changes in reading romantic literature at school. In my point of view the most important is not to talk only about national values. It is really necessary in Poland. We must not continue to think that patriotism means only fighting with other people. Forming students’ national identity is one of the main duties at school but the romantic way of understanding patriotism has to be changed. It is very dangerous in our century. Many researchers also write about it. It is a very important problem of literary studies. I also present suggestions to work with Reduta Ordona in primary school and in junior high school. There are different ideas presented in methodical literature as well as my own suggestions.
JavaScript is turned off in your web browser. Turn it on to take full advantage of this site, then refresh the page.